For All Users
- State tax updates. We have updated the tax rates and tables for all states to 2025 rates. This means that Family Law Software has more current rates even than your tax software. Tax software will not be updated for 2025 rates until late fall. One exception: California, which does not publish its current-year tax rates until fall each year. The following states had some changes this year. Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Many of these are simply inflation adjustments to brackets.
- Updated Software Help online. We have updated the online Software Help. This help is organized screen by screen in Family Law Software. It gives overviews of what is happening on each screen and useful tips on what and how to enter information on each data entry screen, or how to use the Analysis and Reports screens to improve client outcomes.
- Support What If. On the Support What If screen in the Cloud, you can now print the guideline as it would look for each scenario without having to swap columns.
- Securities Gain. On the Securities Gain screen, changing the basis now updates the gain amount without having to refresh the screen. The Securities Gain screen helps you see how much “built in” gain there is on the securities in a client’s portfolio. This is important, because $10,000 of assets with substantial built-in gain is actually worth less on an after-tax basis than $10,000 of assets with no built-in gain.
- Changed “Other What If” to “General What If.” We have changed the name of the menu option “Other What If” to “General What If.” This is on the Analysis tab. The name “General What If” is more descriptive.
State specific
California
- Judicial Council form FL-191. We had combined two sets of checkboxes in to one group. Now, they are separated into two groups.
- Judicial Council form FL-341(C). We added this form.
Florida
- Child support. In the step-down calculation, if alimony ends during the step-down period, that affects the calculation of child support. That effect is now being taken into account in calculating the step-down child support amount.
Illinois
- Order for Support . We have updated our Order for Support to match the current official form.
Michigan
- Support What If. The scenarios for Support What If now print the official Michigan guideline worksheet.
Minnesota
- Guideline worksheet. When one party pays health insurance and the other party pays dental insurance, the medical support obligation amount on line 9(g) for the noncustodial parent now matches the amount shown on the state’s online calculator.