Birdysplit
A SaaS platform designed to improve pain points of Divorce Seekers while connecting them to their Legal Team, aided by a multi-faceted support system, promoting end-to-end assistance and safety for Divorce seekers in India.
Category
DTx Divorce Technologies
Client
BirdySplit
Date
October 25 - December 25
Background
Divorce seekers in India live in a deeply stigmatised society which makes it difficult for them to seek and navigate divorces easily, healthily, safely and freely.
Background
The best way to empower users is by making assistance and help accessible by de-stigamizing divorces, letting you control your own journey, at your fingertips.
Aim
To design a unified service system that lets urban and semi-urban Indians navigate divorce legally, emotionally, and financially, through one platform instead of seven disconnected professionals.
Why Divorce?
Ideal Divorce is powered by a combination of good support system, financial efficiency, peaceful state and reduced time wastage.
Divorce in India is divided along 5 marriage acts, 4 professional disciplines and 0 coordination infrastructure.
A person filing for divorce currently manages their lawyer updates over Messaging, WhatsApp, they track documents by writing them on loose papers and notepads, remember hearing dates from memory, receive less-to-none emotional support between court visits, and navigate a process they don't understand.
BirdySplit is a service platform that unifies this through a mobile application for the petitioner/respondent and a case management dashboard for their lawyer, connected through a shared case record that coordinates legal procedure, document tracking, professional communication, and emotional support across the full lifecycle from first consultation to post-decree transition.
Breakdown
We start by breaking down the start of divorces, which is marriage and identify the common most patterns observed and legal inputs received in Indian context.
01
Approaching Divorce
Divorce seekers don't know how to approach and seek help which makes them continue with a helpless marriage, due to fear of inadequate help, societal stigma and fear of judgement.
02
Understanding Lawyers
There is a huge knowledge gap in lawyers in India, which vary from place to place. Approaching a competent lawyer is a tricky task and will make or break your divorce case
03
The Circle of Support
Due to the societal stigma surrounding divorce in many places, even today, a lack of support system is tragically pushing people into helplessness and negative tendencies.
Breakdown
How is Divorce in India different?
Divorces in India are classified under 5 marriage Acts according to the religion of the divorcees.
These Acts state and define the nature, execution and principles of marriage in Indian court of Law.
The Acts, majorly, view marriage as a sacrament rather a contract/agreement two individuals enter into, autonomously.
It means that precautionary methods like Prenuptial Agreements and other pre-marital contracts may not be admissible in court, as stated by Lawyers. But, there many Advocates who use these agreements to nullify/end marriages through one-way or another. This is why it is important to choose a competent Advocate during Divorce processes in India.
Moreover, due to the sacramental nature of marriage, the court motivates a couple to fix their marriage during the cooling-off period and will try its best to bring them back together.
Breakdown
The Paths Diverge
Divorce can be approached in two manners: Consensual and Contested.
Consensual occurs when two parties agree to settle and go their separate paths; whereas, contested is when the two parties cannot come to a common conclusion and wish that the Law to grant their a fair settlement.
Problem(s)
Divorce seekers face a significant challenge when it comes to inquiring for a divorce.
Divorcees have to go through a series of trials, even during a consented divorce to prove the breakdown of their marriage.
Divorcees have a difficult time tracking their Divorce process, especially if unaware about their rights which makes the entire process difficult for them.
Problem Statement
We started with how could we make it easier of tier-01 and tier-02 individuals and couples to access competent lawyers, as our biggest problem was to find them too.
We understood the deeper problem, which was how could we ease the existing divorce process for these users to help them reach clearer positions in a divorce process.
Changed Problem Statement 3 Times to reach the actual Problem Area.