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Are your texts ready for court?

8 common mistakes that weaken text messages in court, as quick questions: no copy off the phone, only screenshots, part of the conversation, auto-delete, missing dates, no numbering, an ex who can still get in, and no way to explain how the messages were saved. You get a score and, for each gap, the guide that fixes it. You don't need your messages for this, and your answers stay in this browser tab.

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  1. 1.Is a copy of the whole conversation saved somewhere other than the phone it is on?

  2. 2.Do you have an export from the app itself, not only screenshots?

  3. 3.Does your copy have the whole conversation, your own replies included, not just the worst messages?

  4. 4.Have you checked that nothing deletes messages on its own, such as disappearing messages or a phone set to keep messages for only 30 days or a year?

  5. 5.Does every message in your copy show its date and time?

  6. 6.Is every message numbered in date order, so you and your lawyer can point to one quickly?

  7. 7.Are your phone and cloud account (iCloud or Google) closed to the other person: no shared passcode or password, and no old device still signed in?

  8. 8.Could you explain, if asked, when and how you saved the messages and that your copy is complete?

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Why these questions

They are the problems that most often weaken text messages as evidence: a copy that disappears with the phone, screenshots without dates, only the worst messages, settings that delete old messages, and an ex who can still get into the account. The guides behind each answer explain the fix step by step: start with getting text messages ready for court and how to export them from your app.

To see what is in the messages themselves, paste a few into the free text check, or open the whole conversation in the full analysis, which reads it on your device.