Building a product for people going through one of the hardest moments in their lives
What Onbello does
Onbello is a document preparation platform for family law. People going through custody, child support, and visitation cases answer guided questions in plain English. AI drafts their court declaration in proper legal voice. The forms they select are filled automatically for their county. They download a complete filing packet with filing-ready formatting.
Why this exists
Nationally, 72% of family court cases involve at least one person without a lawyer (National Center for State Courts). Most of them want legal help but can't afford it. They go to court alone, file the wrong forms, miss deadlines, and lose on procedure — not because their case is weak, but because the system wasn't built for them. Onbello exists to close that gap. Information should be free. Execution should be affordable. Nobody should lose custody of their children because they couldn't afford a lawyer to fill out the right paperwork.
How it works
The software retrieves citations from an indexed corpus of state statutes and appellate court opinions rather than generating them, then writes in the same voice attorneys use in court. Court forms are filled using field specifications extracted from official court form PDFs and mapped across tens of thousands of form fields. Every declaration is reviewable and editable before download, and you decide what goes in your filing.
Who it's for
Onbello serves two audiences. Self-represented litigants will be able to use the filing tool to prepare filing-ready packets for $129 when it launches — join the waitlist to lock in launch pricing. Family law attorneys will use the case management platform for AI declaration drafting, semantic evidence search, contradiction detection, and a client intake wizard that saves hours of unbillable work.
Where we are
Currently serving California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois. Built to scale to every U.S. county.
Who makes this
Every guide and answer page on this site is researched against the official self-help resources of the state it covers, written in plain English, and published by Onbello Legal. Research is led by Dan Martin, Legal Researcher. Pages are dated, re-checked against official sources on a rolling schedule, and link to the official site where you can verify current forms and rules. Onbello is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.