Deterministic tracing for attorney review
Exit Protocol organizes selected financial records into V1 single-claim LIBR workpapers with visible strategy, material ledger rows, source provenance, and snapshot integrity. The platform prepares review material for counsel and retained experts — it does not substitute for legal judgment, expert opinion, or court filings.
Tracing assumptions must be inspectable before counsel relies on them
In commingled-account disputes, the strength of a tracing position depends on the method, the source records, and how withdrawals and deposits are sequenced. Spreadsheet shortcuts and opaque averages can obscure those assumptions. Exit Protocol keeps the calculation path visible so attorneys and forensic accountants can test, reproduce, and challenge the math before any external use.
Tracing standards vary by jurisdiction and case facts. Some matters discuss direct tracing, family expense or exhaustion methods, pro-rata allocation, or lowest intermediate balance approaches. Exit Protocol documents the LIBR assumption it applies; counsel must decide whether that method fits the matter.
This page is educational and product-oriented. It is not legal advice, not an expert opinion, not a court filing, and not a guarantee of admissibility.
See v. See and California tracing recordkeeping
In See v. See, 64 Cal.2d 778 (1966), the California Supreme Court discussed acquisition-time proof, tracing burdens, and the need for adequate records after separate and community funds are commingled. The opinion does not prescribe Exit Protocol's LIBR state machine or make LIBR the rule for every California matter. Courts in other jurisdictions may apply different doctrines or facts.
Exit Protocol does not claim to automate judicial conclusions. It replays selected account history under a stated LIBR assumption and exports an attorney-reviewable workpaper that shows calculation settings, ledger rows, and provenance.
In re Marriage of Walrath, 17 Cal.4th 907 (1998), concerns tracing separate contributions through refinanced property into later assets under Family Code section 2640. It expressly notes that different tracing methods apply when characterizing interests in a commingled bank account; it is not presented here as authority for the product's LIBR formula.
Pro-rata averaging risk
Manual workflows sometimes partition commingled funds using a fixed ratio — for example, treating 40% of every withdrawal as separate because the account was once 40% separate. That approach can ignore chronological sequencing and may overstate or understate traceable value depending on deposit and withdrawal order.
Multi-claim pro-rata workpapers require separate review in Exit Protocol and are not presented as the default V1 export path.
LIBR as the V1 tracing assumption
Exit Protocol's V1 path applies the Lowest Intermediate Balance Rule (LIBR) on selected financial records. LIBR replays the account chronologically and caps traceable separate property at the lowest balance reached after the separate-property deposit.
Under the LIBR assumption, later deposits generally do not automatically restore earlier trace value unless applicable facts and legal theory support a different treatment.
Reliability questions counsel may ask
Generative AI is not treated as evidentiary foundation by itself. Exit Protocol relies on transparent, deterministic logic so outputs can be tested, reproduced, and reviewed against Rule 702-style reliability questions — without claiming any particular courtroom outcome.
Testability
The LIBR engine replays selected records deterministically. Counsel, forensic accountants, and opposing experts can inspect ledger rows, strategy disclosure, and summary totals without probabilistic guessing.
Method familiarity
LIBR is a familiar tracing method in forensic accounting and legal-review workflows. Exit Protocol keeps the calculation path visible so reviewers can evaluate method fit, source data, and assumptions.
Extraction confidence
Statement parsing tags confidence on extracted fields. Ambiguous values are flagged for human review before they enter the deterministic tracing engine.
Selected records to attorney-reviewable workpaper
The default V1 path is intentionally narrow: one claim, one disclosed LIBR ordering mode, one export surface with integrity hashes. That scope keeps review focused and makes verification conservative.
Review the methodology before you rely on it
Start with the LIBR guide, inspect a synthetic workpaper, or open a private review workspace when you are ready to evaluate selected records on a live matter.