For All Users
- Access to files. Previously, if you closed a browser tab in which you were using Family Law Software, and then opened another one, the software would think you were still working in the previous (now closed) tab. To prevent collisions, it would lock you out of the file for ten minutes. Now, the software knows that you closed the previous tab, and it lets you right in to the file you were working on.
- Speedier refresh. When you click one checkbox in a pair, the other de-selects. When you enter a number of overnights for one parent, the other parent’s overnights update to match the remainder of the year. Recently, this refresh had slowed down. We have found and fixed the issue, and refresh has returned to normal.
- Client files. We have continued fixing small things relating to creating and sharing client files. We worked on improving situations where paralegals are creating new files and on situations where file access is removed or switched to another person.
- Monthly rate updates. We updated the default mortgage interest rate and default interest rate for defined benefit pensions. These rates are used if you do not enter actual rates for mortgage interest and pension discount rates, respectively.
- Annual update of poverty guidelines. The federal poverty guidelines are used in several places in the software, typically to help set the “self support reserve” for states’ child support guidelines. These are updated annually. We made the updates for 2025.
- Multiple states. We updated the help text that appears when you are entering the state where the party lives, to explain what to do in situations where a party pays tax in two states. (Typically, you enter the state of primary residence, and there is nothing else to do.)
State Specific
California
- Judicial Council Form MC-050 – Substitution of Attorney – Civil (Without Court Order). The case name and number were not carrying to the form. That is now fixed.
Connecticut
- Cell phone. It is now the case that if the client has a cell phone but not a landline, that the cell phone number will carry to the Affidavit.
Florida
- Mortgage “TBD.” If you enter special text such as “TBD” for mortgage payments, this special text now carries to the Affidavit.
Michigan
- Minimum Wage. The minimum wage is the default hourly payment amount if you choose to enter wages on an hourly basis. We have updated the Michigan minimum wage to the February 2025 level.
New Jersey
- Client data entry. We have added the phone number as a field for clients to enter in the client data entry.