Imagine solve a divorce without hiring a lawyer or get into a court. A Silicon Valley company is beginning to make it happen, with software that experts say is the next technological wave, in which the law becomes computer code to solve legal battles without a judge or a lawyer.
“In matters of law are not near the scene of the Google car, but there are no technical or conceptual for what we are talking about barriers,” said Oliver Goodenough, director of the Center for Legal Innovation in Vermont Law School, in reference to Google’s driverless car.
The computer programs, at least initially, may assist overburdened courts in cases of small claims as road fines and some family law matters.
However, Goodenough and other experts envision a future in which even complicated dispute decided in line and they say Modria, based in San Jose, California, has come far in the development of software for this purpose.
“There is a version of the future in which computers become so good that we trust them to play their role in our society and allow us to bring justice to more people because it is cheaper and more transparent,” he said Colin Rule, cofounder of Modria.
Authorities in Ohio Modria software used to resolve disputes over taxes and keep them out of court and arbitration association based in New York has used to reach agreements in medical claims arising from certain types of motor vehicle accidents.
In the Netherlands, the program Modria used to advise couples through their divorces. The program leads couples through more than two dozen questions, including how they share custody of any child they have. Suggests values for the payment of alimony and points out areas of agreement. A second module allows them to negotiate areas of disagreement. If they come to a resolution, you can print divorce papers that are reviewed by a lawyer to ensure that neither party is giving in too before appearing in court.
Hundreds of couples have passed through the system since it was launched in February, said Larry Friedberg, director of marketing Modria.
The founders of Modria initially developed the software to help eBay and PayPal to resolve customer complaints about damaged items or late deliveries without teams have to use customer service representatives. Rule eBay said its system resolves disputes 60 million a year. “I build great tools that represent the cutting edge of technology and extend the legal sector, where there is nothing of those skills,” Rule said.
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