If you're a Kansas family law attorney, you've probably heard the horror stories. Attorneys sanctioned for submitting AI-generated filings with fabricated case citations. Lawyers publicly embarrassed when judges discovered their briefs cited cases that don't exist.
These stories aren't just cautionary tales — they're the reason most small firm attorneys won't touch AI tools, even as larger firms race to adopt them.
We think that's a problem worth solving.
What we're building
Forma is a platform of AI-powered tools for Kansas family law attorneys. We're starting with two:
GALDraft helps Guardian ad Litem attorneys draft investigation reports. Upload your interview notes, case documents, and prior reports. Forma structures a complete first draft — written in your voice, formatted to Kansas standards. Every factual claim traces back to your source documents. No fabricated citations. No hallucinated facts.
CSCalc is a modern, cloud-based Kansas child support calculator. Calculate child support under current Kansas Supreme Court guidelines and export court-ready PDF worksheets with one click. No desktop software to install. No annual version updates to wonder about. No clunky, unintuitive, dated interfaces to fight.
Why "safe AI" isn't just a tagline
The ABA's Formal Opinion 512 now makes clear that attorneys have a duty to understand how their AI tools handle confidential client data. That means knowing the answers to questions like: Is my client's information being used to train AI models? Where are uploaded files stored? Who has access?
Forma is built to make those answers simple:
- Every AI call goes through Google Cloud Vertex AI with enterprise data protections and a Data Processing Addendum. Your clients' data is never used for model training.
- Uploaded files are processed in memory and immediately discarded. No file ever touches a disk, a temp folder, or cloud storage.
- GALDraft doesn't fabricate. It doesn't generate legal citations or invent facts. Every claim in a draft ties back to a specific document you uploaded.
We're not asking you to trust AI blindly. We're building tools so you don't have to.
Where we are now
Forma is in private testing with Kansas family law attorneys. We're working closely with our first users to make sure these tools actually fit into real legal workflows, not just demo well.
We're not launching until the attorneys testing Forma confirm it's genuinely useful on real cases. That means real interview notes, real child support calculations, real court filings. Not synthetic demos.
What's next
We're opening early access to a small group of Kansas family law attorneys in the coming months. If you want to be in that group, sign up on our homepage — we'll notify you as soon as spots open.
We'll be sharing more here as we build: product updates, thoughts on AI and legal ethics, and practical guidance for attorneys evaluating AI tools.