How Amicly works.
From your first question to a signed agreement — or a warm handoff to an expert attorney. Here's exactly what happens at each step.
Intake & Mitigability Assessment
Answer a structured set of questions about your situation. Our system assesses the complexity and nature of your dispute — and determines the right path forward.
- Takes approximately 10–15 minutes
- Covers relationship type, assets, children, and dispute nature
- Screens for domestic violence and power imbalances (escalated immediately)
- Assigns a mitigability score and recommends a module
Cases involving domestic violence, hidden assets, or severe power imbalances are immediately referred to expert attorneys.
Invite Your Counterpart
Both parties need to engage for mediation to work. We make it easy to invite your counterpart — and provide tools for when they don't respond.
- Formal, plain-language invitation sent via email and SMS
- Invitation explains benefits and potential consequences of non-participation
- All outreach timestamped and logged
- If counterpart is unresponsive after 14 days, unilateral tools activate
26% of DC Family Court mediation referrals involve a party refusing to show up. Our unilateral tools keep you moving forward regardless.
Negotiate with Data
Work through each contested issue with AI-generated proposals, real DMV court outcome data, and a spend calculator that makes the cost of litigation concrete.
- Sequential workflow: property → debt → alimony → custody → child support
- AI proposals grounded in DC, MD, and VA legal standards
- Predictive Analytics Engine shows likely judge outcomes
- Spend Predictability Calculator: litigation vs. mediation costs
- Both parties can accept, reject, or counter-propose on each item
Settle or Escalate
Reach a binding agreement and export your settlement documents — or escalate seamlessly to a licensed family law attorney with your full case file already prepared.
- Settlement documents generated and exported in court-ready format
- Full negotiation history and Good Faith Record included
- Escalation to a licensed family law attorney with structured case file handoff
- Attorney gets up to speed faster — reducing your legal fees
Why data changes everything.
DC's own Family Court data tells a compelling story. Their attorney negotiator program — experienced lawyers who give parties a realistic sense of what a judge would decide — resolved 82% of cases (395 of 480 fully negotiated cases, per the 2025 Annual Report).
Standard mediation without that reality-testing resolved only 31%. The difference is information. When both parties understand what a judge would likely decide, they settle.
Amicly replicates that dynamic at scale — before anyone reaches the courthouse.
Not every dispute is the same.
Amicly operates on a spectrum. Some matters are fully self-resolvable. Others need expert attorneys from day one. We help you understand where you are.
- Uncontested divorce
- Simple asset division
- Agreed custody arrangements
- Prenuptial planning
- Contested custody
- Alimony disputes
- Moderate asset division
- Uncooperative counterpart
- Domestic violence present
- Hidden assets / fraud
- Complex business valuation
- Severe power imbalance