Model paragraph
The parties shall conduct all co-parenting communication, and maintain their shared parenting calendar and expense records, through the CoreParent application (coreparent.app). Either party may export a certified, court-formatted record of the parties' communications, calendar, expenses, or parenting journal from CoreParent; such records carry a verification code, SHA-256 fingerprint, and digital signature and may be independently authenticated at coreparent.app/verify. Each party shall maintain an active CoreParent account for the duration of this order.
Adjust to your jurisdiction's conventions and the facts of the case. Where cost is a concern, note that CoreParent is priced per family (both parents on one plan) and offers a fee-waiver for qualifying parents.
Where one party won't register: the CoreParent Bridge clause
The most common failure mode of a communication-app order is the party who never creates an account. CoreParent Bridge is built for that case: one parent messages through CoreParent, the other receives and answers by ordinary email, and every word lands in the same certified record — no account required of them.
[Party A] shall conduct all co-parenting communication with [Party B] through the CoreParent application (coreparent.app). If [Party B] does not maintain a CoreParent account, communications shall be delivered to [Party B] by email through CoreParent, and messages so delivered — together with [Party B]'s email replies received through CoreParent — shall constitute the parties' co-parenting communication record, exportable and independently verifiable in the same manner as in-application messages. Upon [Party B] creating a CoreParent account, the parties' prior email communications remain part of the same record.
This lets the order take effect immediately on one party's compliance instead of waiting on — or being defeated by — the other party's registration.
Why name CoreParent specifically
Records exported from CoreParent are self-authenticating: each carries a verification code, a SHA-256 fingerprint, and an Ed25519 signature registered at generation, and anyone can confirm a document at coreparent.app/verify or with a free business-records affidavit. That removes the usual authentication fight over screenshots, and it means neither party has to subpoena the other's records to get them into evidence.
For parenting coordinators, CFIs, and decision-makers
Parenting coordinators and child-family investigators spend most of their hours reconstructing what actually happened. CoreParent's certified exports replace the he-said/she-said packet: timestamped messages, a custody calendar with geofenced exchange check-ins, and expense ledgers — each export independently verifiable. The clause below appoints the PC with access to certified records without putting the professional inside the parties' accounts.
The parties shall conduct all co-parenting communication, and maintain their shared parenting calendar and expense records, through the CoreParent application (coreparent.app). For the duration of the parenting coordinator's appointment, each party shall share with [Parenting Coordinator], as parenting coordinator, such certified exports of the parties' CoreParent communications, calendar, expenses, or parenting journal as the parenting coordinator requests. Certified exports carry a verification code, SHA-256 fingerprint, and digital signature, may be independently authenticated at coreparent.app/verify, and may be relied upon by the parenting coordinator and filed with the court.
Where cost is raised as an objection: CoreParent's Family plan covers both parents on one subscription (competing court-ordered apps bill each parent separately), and a fee waiver is available for qualifying parents.
A note on admissibility by state
CoreParent's certified exports are built to self-authenticate under Federal Rules of Evidence 902(13) and 902(14), with a business-records affidavit available under 902(11) and 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Most states have analogous evidence rules for records of a regularly conducted activity and for electronically generated records. The certificate, hash, signature, and affidavit are designed to support the foundation your jurisdiction requires — but admissibility is always the court's decision. Confirm the specific rule in your state and stipulate to authenticity where possible.
Common questions
Can a court order parents to use a specific app?
Courts routinely order co-parents to communicate and document through a named application in contested custody matters, typically by stipulation or on a party's request. Some appellate decisions require a basis in the record for the requirement, so requesting it (and stipulating to it) is best practice.
What if the other parent refuses to create an account?
The order still works. With CoreParent Bridge, your client messages through CoreParent and the other parent receives and answers by ordinary email — every message and reply stays on the certified, exportable record. If that parent later joins, the email history carries into the shared thread. No other court-ordered communication app covers the non-registering parent.
Does CoreParent charge each parent separately?
No. CoreParent's Family plan covers both co-parents on one subscription, which removes the per-parent double-billing that makes some court-ordered apps expensive for a household.
Is there a fee waiver for parents who can't afford it?
A fee-waiver is available for qualifying parents (including documented hardship or domestic-violence circumstances), so cost need not block a court order.