Why we built LexyAlgo this way

I’ve practiced family law across eight states. I’ve drafted thousands of QDROs, reviewed tens of thousands of retirement accounts, and watched how people make decisions at the worst moments of their lives.

Here’s what I noticed: the tools available to people going through divorce are either (a) so complex they require a law degree, or (b) so dumbed-down they’re useless. The legal system gives you 40-page forms and says “good luck.” Online generators give you a form that might not even be valid in your county.

Neither helps you understand what you’re deciding.

The access-to-justice problem

Most people can’t afford a divorce attorney. The median cost of a contested divorce in the US is $15,000–$20,000. Even an uncontested one can run $3,000–$5,000 just for paperwork. The result? Millions of people either can’t afford to divorce, or they do it themselves with forms they don’t understand and consequences they can’t foresee.

LexyAlgo exists to close that gap. Not by replacing attorneys — but by giving people court-form-driven tools that use real legal workflows, automate valuation and share calculations, explain what every field means, and help them make informed decisions about property division, support, parenting, and paperwork.

Because that mission matters more than squeezing people at the worst moment of their lives, nearly all of our tools are entirely free. No catch. If better information can reduce bad settlements, unnecessary conflict, and expensive mistakes, we want it in people’s hands sooner.

Why behavioral economics matters here

Divorce is a decision-making crisis. Loss aversion makes people fight over assets they don’t even want — because giving them up feelslike losing. Hyperbolic discounting makes people take $30K in cash today instead of $48K in retirement at 62. The endowment effect makes people overvalue what they have and undervalue what they’d receive.

These aren’t character flaws. They’re how human brains work under stress. A good mediator knows this and reframes the conversation. A good tool should do the same thing.

That’s why every trade-off in Asset Divider shows what you gain, not what you lose. Why our calculators show future-value timelines, not just present-value numbers. Why we focus on clean comparisons, less acrimony, and decisions people can actually live with after the paperwork is signed.

What we are — and aren’t

LexyAlgo is a document preparation platform. We use court-approved forms. We help you fill them out correctly. We show you what your financial picture looks like so you can make informed decisions.

LexyAlgo is not a law firm.We don’t provide legal advice. We don’t represent you in court. We don’t tell you what to do. If your situation is complex — high-conflict custody, hidden assets, domestic violence, business valuation — you need an attorney, and we’ll tell you that.

Our job is to make the straightforward cases genuinely straightforward, and to help everyone else understand their situation well enough to have a productive conversation with their attorney.

That same mission extends beyond divorce. Estate planning is free in beta because getting a will, trust, power of attorney, or healthcare directive in place should not require people to fight through cost, confusion, or jargon.

Divorce is hard. Your tools shouldn’t be.

— Willie Peacock
Attorney at Law (CA, NY, NJ, KS, MO, IA, ND, CT)
Founder, LexyAlgo