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 for resolving 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 Law School Vermont, referring to the car without driver of Google.
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 developing software that goal.
“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, “said Colin Rule, cofounder of Modria.
Authorities in Ohio use the software Modria to resolve disputes over taxes and keep them out of court and an association of Arbitration based in New York has used to reach agreement on medical claims arising from certain types of motor vehicle accidents.
In the Netherlands, the program Modria is used to advise couples through their divorce.
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 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 developed initially software to help eBay and PayPal to resolve customer complaints about late deliveries or damaged items without using teams of customer service representatives. Rule he said that eBay their system solves 60 million disputes 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,” said Rule.
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