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Become a founding member

We're building the Plainly Navigator: a private workspace that takes you through your family-law matter one step at a time. Founding members pay for the build and get it first. Change your mind before launch and you get every rand back.

What you get before launch

  • Each part, before anyone else

    The Navigator will open one part at a time. Founding members will be let in first, and that early access will not use up any of your 12 months.

  • A first-meeting preparation pack

    Not ready yet

    What to bring, what to ask about fees, and a place to set out your dates and documents, so you arrive at a first meeting prepared. It is for preparing, not for court. We will send it only after a family-law practitioner has gone through it.

  • A say in what is built first

    After you join we will send you three short questions. What founding members answer will decide which part we build first.

Before any part opens

We will not open any part of the Navigator until we hold a written regulatory opinion and an outside firm has reviewed its security. If that takes us past 31 March 2027, you will be refunded in full.

What it will look like

Sample

An invented matter, to show the layout. It is not legal information, and it is nobody's real case.

Your situation

Help needed with
Divorce or separation; Care of and contact with children
Province
Gauteng
Marriage
Civil marriage
Children
T (9) and M (6)
Talking to each other
We disagree on some things

Next action

List what you own and what you owe

This week

2 of 5 done

  1. Answer the questions about your situation

    You

    Done

  2. Write down your key dates

    You

    Done

  3. List what you own and what you owe

    You

    Next

  4. Pick the route closest to yours

    You

    Later

  5. Take your preparation pack to a first meeting

    You and a professional

    Later

What R490 will unlock

One payment opens every part. Nothing inside the Navigator will be sold separately.

  • Your situation

    A safety check first, then short questions, one per screen. “I’m not sure” is always an answer. If you are not safe, you will see crisis lines before anything else, and the Navigator will never suggest mediation.

  • Roadmap

    The steps for your matter in order: what happens, who does it and what to prepare. Each legal point will link to its source.

  • Case file

    Your dates, documents, money and a log of every call or meeting, in one private place.

  • Drafts

    Letters, messages and summaries written from your case file, for you to check and send. None will be for use in court.

  • Explain this

    Upload a letter or document you have been sent and have it set out in plain language. The file will be deleted within 24 hours.

  • Find help

    An independent directory of attorneys, mediators and social workers. No one will be able to pay to be listed.

Free, whether you join or not

The cost, time and child-maintenance estimates work today, and nothing you type into them is saved. The crisis lines are free to everyone, always. When the Navigator opens, its safety check will be free too, and guides will be free to read as each one is published.

Questions

Is this legal advice?

No. Plainly gives legal information and helps you prepare. It is not a law firm, and it cannot advise you or act for you.

Why pay before it is finished?

Founding members pay for the build. In return you pay R490 once instead of R1 490 a year, you get each part first, and you help decide what is built first. If you would rather wait, the waitlist is free.

What if I change my mind, or it never launches?

Before launch you can ask for a full refund at any time. If the Navigator has not launched by 31 March 2027, you will be refunded in full without having to ask. The founding-member terms set this out.

Will Plainly prepare my court papers?

No. Plainly never generates or sells anything for use in court. Your roadmap will tell you which kind of professional prepares those.

What will Plainly ask me for, and where is it kept?

Never an ID number. Children will be recorded only as a first name or initials and an age. What you save will be kept in a database in the European Union (Frankfurt, Germany), and you will be able to delete your account and everything in it. See the privacy notice.

What if I need help now?

If you are not safe, start with the crisis lines and protection orders. For cost and time, the estimates work today and are free.

Who is behind Plainly

Plainly is independent. It is not a law firm, and professionals never pay us: not to be listed, not to rank higher and not for introductions. About Plainly and the independence standard

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