Co-parenting in Austin, without the 10 p.m. scramble
The school email. The $120 receipt. The pickup you have to confirm again. Hand Civly any of it as it arrived and it lands on one calendar both houses read — and if you ever need the record for a matter in Travis County Family District Courts, it's already there. You won't be building it at 10 p.m.
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Austin family court information
Custody and family law cases in Austin are handled by the Travis County Family District Courts in Travis County. Texas custody matters are heard in the District Court system; the governing custody statute is Tex. Fam. Code § 153.002. Civly exports a complete, timestamped PDF of your messages, calendar and expenses that you can hand to your attorney.
Austin's rapid growth and tech-driven population mean many co-parents are navigating custody as recent transplants, making Civly's organized approach especially valuable.
How custody works in Texas
Texas uses 'conservatorship' instead of custody and presumes that joint managing conservatorship is in the child's best interest.
Texas custody disputes are filed in District Court. Parents may be ordered to attend mediation before trial. Texas uses a Standard Possession Order that sets a default schedule — typically the 1st, 3rd, and 5th weekends, Thursday evenings, and alternating holidays. Judges can modify this for children under 3.
Cases from Austin are filed in Travis County and heard in the Travis County Family District Courts. The court that hears your case is determined by where the children have been living, not by where either parent works.
For the full picture, see custody in Texas.
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How Civly helps Austin parents
AI-powered message rewriting
Type what you really feel — Civly writes the calm version — the one you would not cringe at if it were read back later. Your vent stays private and never enters an export. What you send is what gets kept.
Shared custody calendar
Color-coded custody schedule built from your own parenting plan. Share a read-only link with grandparents, attorneys, or mediators.
Snap the receipt, skip the math
Snap a receipt or forward an email. AI extracts the amount. Your co-parent approves or disputes. Track every shared expense in Austin.
Frequently asked questions
You don't need their agreement to start
Set up the calendar, log what's owed, draft the message you have to send tonight. Invite them when you're ready — the shared parts switch on the day they join.
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Civly is not a law firm and this page is not legal advice. Custody law and the rules of evidence vary from state to state, and individual judges apply them differently. For advice about your own case, speak to a family law attorney licensed in Texas. Civly launched in 2026 and is not named in many court orders yet — if your order already requires a specific platform, keep using it and ask your attorney before switching.