StillProof was built to correct a recurring failure in Australia’s legal system: when clear evidence exists, but institutions fail to act.
This page outlines three intersecting domains where systemic breakdowns compromise justice and child safety:
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Family Court
Critical decisions are made without structured timelines, coherent affidavits, or consistent evidentiary frameworks.
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Child Protection
Known risks are dismissed, interventions are delayed, and agency responses often contradict documented harm.
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Domestic Violence Law
Coercive behaviour is misclassified as isolated events. Legal responses frequently miss the pattern, timeline, and compounding risk.
These are not isolated failures. They are procedural, recurring, and traceable across jurisdictions.
StillProof does not offer legal advice. It operates at the evidentiary level, where outcomes are shaped not by absence, but by omission, delay, or distortion.
What follows is a structural map of where legal integrity fails, and where reform must begin.
Family Court Integrity
Judicial-Grade Evidence for a System Under Strain
Legal Context
The Family Court makes decisions that determine a child’s future but it continues to operate amid fractured evidence, institutional backlog, and procedural blind spots.
StillProof is engineered to intervene at the evidentiary level, delivering:
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Chronological digital communication logs
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Court-formatted annexures for affidavits
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Relevance-tagged metadata with tamper detection
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Secure, role-specific legal sharing infrastructure
This is not anecdotal reporting. It is evidentiary infrastructure designed to uphold judicial integrity - not just usability.
What StillProof Resolves
Systemic Breakdown
StillProof Function
Disorganised digital evidence
Converts raw message histories into affidavit-ready annexures.
Retaliatory counterclaims
Identifies contradictions and behavioural patterns using metadata and timeline logic.
Judicial overload
Condenses case history into relevance-tagged summaries compatible with affidavit structure.
Bias in document presentation
Standardises admissible formatting regardless of legal representation.
Platform Functions Built for Court
Court-Formatted Evidence
Annexures are auto-generated in PDF format and structured for direct affidavit inclusion under Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) provisions and Family Law Rules 2021.
Pattern Detection and Timeline Anchoring
Tags coercive behaviour, parenting breaches, and child-related threats by type, date, and frequency.
Chain of Custody and Version Control
Maintains integrity for admissibility under section 69ZT, reducing risk of version disputes or evidentiary tampering.
Access for ICLs and Legal Counsel
Facilitates time-limited, court-controlled handover of evidence bundles for Independent Children’s Lawyers and legal representatives.
Statutory Compliance and Evidentiary Structure
StillProof is constructed to meet evidentiary requirements under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth):
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Section 4AB – Defines family violence, including coercive control and psychological harm
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Section 60CC – Requires the court to prioritise child safety in parenting determinations
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Sections 69ZT–69ZX – Permits evidentiary discretion and procedural modification in parenting cases
All exports are formatted for affidavit inclusion and structured in accordance with Family Law Rules 2021 (Cth).
Strategic Role in System Reform
StillProof is not a survivor documentation tool. It is a legal evidence platform designed to:
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Reduce judicial error
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Prevent the weaponisation of formatting disparities
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Standardise evidentiary admissibility across all representation levels
StillProof does not generate argument.
StillProof converts disorganised digital records into affidavit-ready evidence - structured, traceable, and prepared for judicial scrutiny.
Child Safety Failures: Legal Signals, Systemic Gaps
Australia’s child protection systems have been subject to sustained legal scrutiny. Coronial inquests, departmental reviews, and court proceedings continue to expose failures in risk detection, case escalation, and cross-agency coordination.
StillProof is built to address these evidentiary fractures - equipping professionals and institutions with structured documentation tools to act earlier and more decisively.
Statutory Foundations
The following legislation underpins child protection duties in Queensland:
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Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld)
Defines harm, risk thresholds, and the state’s duty of care for known children. -
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld)
Recognises exposure to domestic violence as a form of harm. -
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
Empowers courts to intervene where parenting arrangements expose children to psychological or coercive risk.
Documented Failures with Legal Outcomes
Mason Jet Lee
Jurisdiction: Queensland
Outcome: Manslaughter convictions (William O’Sullivan and Ann-Maree Lee)
Details:
Mason died at 22 months from untreated sepsis following sustained abuse and neglect. The Department of Child Safety received repeated notifications about his mother’s history of drug use, domestic violence, and child neglect over more than a decade. Despite escalating concerns, assessments were downgraded, visits were delayed, and case records were inconsistent with known facts. Mason was not sighted by Child Safety for more than three months before his death.
Legal Reference:
Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld), ss 10, 5B - failure to protect from cumulative harm.
Willow Dunn
Jurisdiction: Queensland
Outcome: Murder conviction (father)
Details:
Willow, a four-year-old with Down syndrome, died from severe starvation and neglect. Despite prior Child Safety involvement, her case was closed prematurely. No follow-up occurred to monitor her vulnerability. She was found deceased, weighing less than 10 kilograms.
Legal Reference:
Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld), s 10 - harm through neglect and developmental impairment.
Tyrell Cobb
Jurisdiction: Queensland
Outcome: Manslaughter conviction (Heidi Strbak)
Details:
Tyrell died from internal injuries that went untreated. There were no formal Child Safety reports identifying a risk environment. His case revealed a critical blind spot: the system’s inability to detect escalating danger in households not yet known to services.
Systemic Lesson:
Absence of reports does not equal absence of risk. The system must identify harm before it becomes fatal.
Systemic Gaps Identified
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Risk not escalated across departments
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No interoperability between child safety, family law, and DV systems
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Longitudinal patterns of concern were missed or de-prioritised
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Delayed or inaccurate case handling
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Failure to integrate medical, police, and agency records
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StillProof as Evidentiary Infrastructure
StillProof operates as evidentiary infrastructure - correcting systemic gaps in how risk is recorded, escalated, and presented to the court.
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Structured message history preservation
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Detection of coercion and high-risk dynamics
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Exports formatted for affidavit inclusion
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Encrypted audit trails for version integrity
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Cross-case risk linking (where legally permitted)
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StillProof is not a reporting system. It is an evidentiary tool built to reinforce procedural integrity.
Professionals Using StillProof
StillProof is used by:
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Family and Independent Children’s Lawyers (ICLs)
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Statutory child protection workers
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Judicial officers requiring structured chronology
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Policy analysts investigating systemic failure
To request access or partnership:
📧 hayley@stillproof.com
Legal Notice
StillProof is not a reporting service and does not discharge mandatory obligations under the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld), Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld), or other applicable laws.
The platform operates as an evidentiary documentation tool only. It does not constitute legal advice, nor does it replace statutory reporting, investigation, or child safety intervention processes.
All records are handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and relevant child protection legislation.