Use cases
Built for communication that needs limits and records.
Modus is designed for adults who need parenting communication to be more structured, more accountable and easier to review. It is suitable where communication needs to be restricted, documented or carefully preserved.
Parenting orders and defined communication boundaries.
Modus can help adults keep communication within recorded boundaries, tag messages by topic or child, and export a clear communication history by date range.
Useful features
- Legal context settings
- Communication rule settings
- Message frequency limits
- Topic and child tagging
- Possible breach flags
- Court-ready exports
When communication is allowed only in limited ways.
Some orders or notices may allow communication only about children, logistics or defined matters. Modus is designed to record those boundaries and help identify messages that may fall outside them.
Important: Modus does not interpret intervention orders or safety notices. Users should seek legal advice about what communication is allowed.
Useful features
- Restricted messaging
- Time and frequency rules
- Topic restrictions
- Warning before send
- Manual safety flags
- Exportable record
Sensitive communication needs careful records.
Modus is designed for contexts where communication may be unsafe, excessive, coercive or disputed.
Important: Modus is not an emergency service. If there is immediate danger, contact emergency services.
Useful features
- No editing, no deletion
- Timestamped records
- Safety concern reporting
- Manual flagging
- Possible breach summaries
- Attachment index and secure exports
Chronological records for legal review.
For Family Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court matters, Modus can help users produce date-range records for lawyers, affidavits, chronologies and court preparation.
Useful features
- Searchable PDF exports
- Summary header
- Warning and possible breach tables
- Chronological messages
- Attachment index
- Export ID and verification hash
Child-related communication that needs structure.
Where communication is connected to children’s wellbeing, care arrangements, changeovers, school or medical issues — including Children’s Court or child protection contexts — Modus can help keep records organised.
Useful features
- Multiple children in settings
- Child-specific message tagging
- Topic filters
- Medical, school and safety topics
- Attachment upload
- Date range export
When the boundary is agreed, not court ordered.
Some adults have written agreements or professional recommendations that restrict communication. Modus records those boundaries the same way.
Useful features
- Legal context notes
- Communication rule settings
- Warnings
- Manual flags
- Exportable records
A clearer source record for review.
Lawyers and support workers need confidence that exports are usable. Future versions may support read-only professional access; for the MVP, users generate exports and provide them to professionals.
Useful features
- Searchable reports
- Chronologies
- Attachment indexes
- Warning summaries
- Possible breach summaries
- Date range exports