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What does a real divorce calculation cost you to do manually?
Pick a realistic matter — province, kids, incomes, complexity. We’ll walk through what each step takes manually at your billing rate, then show the same matter through Divo. No abstract sliders — just one case.
1. Describe the matter
If above $150K, Section 4 analysis adds time
Complexity flags
2. What this matter would cost you
Manual workflow
- Open files, set up scratchpad5 min
- Extract figures from disclosure PDFs11 min
- FCSG table lookup (2 children)10 min
- Section 7 proportional sharing12 min
- SSAG with-child formula + iterative solver25 min
- Draft & format report in Word12 min
- QA / proofread output4 min
With Divo
- Upload disclosure PDFs1 min
- Review extracted data1 min
- Run calculation, download report1 min
- Lawyer reviews output1 min
You’d save on this single matter
$438
75 minutes back · at $350/hr
3. At your firm’s pace
Annual savings
$78,750
15 matters/mo × 12 months
Annual hours back
~225 hrs
Time the lawyer can bill on advice work
Where do these step times come from?
Each step’s minute count is a median from customer interviews with Canadian family-law lawyers and clerks. Document extraction scales with disclosure complexity (a clean T4 + NOA is ~5 minutes; a self-employed file with T2125 and business records is ~25 minutes).
Divo’s 4-minute total is the upload → review → report loop measured in pilot use. The lawyer still reads every output — Divo doesn’t replace judgment, just the typing.
Want the real FCSG/SSAG number for your matter, not just the workflow cost? Book a 30-minute demo →
Why we’re showing you the workflow, not a percentage
Most software ROI calculators ask you to enter abstract numbers — matters per month, time saved, hourly rate — and multiply. That kind of math is easy to dismiss because the inputs don’t map to anything you actually do.
This calculator works the other way around: you describe a single divorce matter, and it walks through every step a Canadian family-law lawyer or clerk would actually do manually — opening files, extracting figures from PDFs, running FCSG table lookups, applying Section 7, working through SSAG, drafting the report. Each step has a documented minute count from customer interviews. Then you see the same matter through Divo, where most of those steps collapse into a four-step upload-review-run-QA loop.
Once you’ve seen the per-matter delta in dollars, you can slide the “matters per month” control at the bottom to extrapolate the annual figure. But the truth lives in the per-matter breakdown — that’s where the savings actually come from. For a deeper look at where manual workflows fall short, see our comparison of legacy desktop calculators or the guide to AI in Canadian family law.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the manual-time estimates come from?
Each step's minute count is a median from customer interviews with Canadian family-law lawyers and clerks. The biggest variable is document extraction — a clean T4 + NOA is around 5 minutes, while a self-employed file with T2125 and business records runs closer to 25. Toggling the complexity flags walks the step list through those ranges.
Is the 4-minute Divo figure realistic?
Yes — that's the upload → review → run → QA loop measured in pilot use. It's deliberately flat regardless of matter complexity because Divo handles the table lookups, SSAG iteration, and report drafting automatically. The lawyer still reads every output; Divo doesn't replace judgment, just the typing.
Why don't you show the actual support amount?
This calculator focuses on workflow cost, not the support number itself. To see real FCSG and SSAG amounts for your matter, book a demo — Divo's product runs the full court-ready math, including Section 7 sharing, SSAG with-child iteration, and tax-impact adjustments that a marketing calculator can't show responsibly.
Does the comparison include sending the report to the client?
No — both columns assume the lawyer still reviews the output and handles client communication separately. This is purely the calculation + drafting loop. If you also account for explaining the result to a client, both totals get a roughly equal bump, so the savings hold.
See it for your firm in 30 minutes.
We’ll walk through a real matter from your practice — your province, your typical client, your billing rate. No deck, no pitch — just the tool.