Family Law Software Version Notes

448.16

Released May 28, 2026

Changes for everyone

1. Back-end infrastructure update. (Updated to node 24.) There should be no impact on the software itself.

448.15

Released 4/28/2026

For everyone

• State tax update. We have updated the state tax rates and brackets to the most current rates available.

• QBID calculation. In calculating the Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID) the program now subtracts the self-employment tax adjustment (that is, half of the party’s self-employment tax) and self-employment health insurance from Qualified Business Income before calculating the QBI deduction. This will result in only a small adjustment to tax, but the calculation is now more precise.

State specific

California

• Child Support. We now display the calculated value for the number of children for purposes of the California Earned Income Credit. You may override this value.
  
• Judicial Council Form FL 100 and FL 120. We have extended the length of the line 9b separate property fields.

Connecticut

• The state tax report now indicates that the exemption amount varies based on filing status and income level.

Florida

• Arrears. We have updated to the April 2026 interest rate for calculating arrears.

North Carolina

• The child support screen now has a place where you can enter data for extraordinary expenses.

448.14

Released April 18, 2026

For Everyone

This release has changes only for the state of California.

State Specific

California

• Child Support Data Entry – On the FLS-Quick screen, the Results section now updates when values change without requiring a refresh of the screen.
  
• Child Support Data Entry – On the FLS-Quick screen, we now show the software’s calculation of the number of children for the child care credit, child tax credit, and earned income credit. You may override these calculations.

448.13

Released April 15, 2026

For everyone

This release featured only state-specific updates.

State specific

California

• On the child support data entry screen, we swapped the sequence of tabs so that the FLS-Quick is the first tab.
  
• On the child support data entry screen, the software will now remember which tab you were on.
  
• On the FLS-Quick tab on the Child Support data entry screen, we now include tip income.
  
• On the FLS-Quick tab on the Child Support data entry screen, you now have the ability to enter the state where the party lives. This is useful if the party is taxed in a different state.
  
• Family Law Software now includes the new California Judicial Council forms for joint petitions. The forms are: 
  • FL-700, Joint Petition – Marriage or Domestic Partnership 
  • FL-710, Summons – Joint Petition
  • FL-720, Notice of Revocation of Joint Petition 
    
• Extended the length of the name field on PDF Form MC-050

• In the child support results section, we now show the full range of the low income adjustment.

•  We have conformed our California child care credit calculation to Senate Bill 711. In this case, the child care credit for California is no longer in sync with the federal child care credit.

Georgia

• We have moved the link for the parenting time adjustment worksheet from the guideline worksheet to Schedule C.

448.12

Released April 1, 2026

For Everyone

1. New tool for diagnostics. If users have a technical issue, tech support will now be able to enable them to record their screen and all the messages being sent to and from the server, so we can attempt more easily to diagnose the issue.

State Specific

California

• Hardship deduction. In a few situations, we were not calculating the hardship deduction correctly. We believe it is now working correctly in all cases.

Colorado

• Final limitation worksheet. Per request of the Colorado Judicial Council, we have changed the way we apply the Final Income Limitation Worksheet. When the Final Income Limitation Worksheet applies, we now compare the line 3a or 4a amount to the main worksheet line 13 amount (that is, the net line 12 amount) rather than just the obligor’s line 12 amount. New line 13a appears when the Final Income Limitation Worksheet affects the outcome.

Illinois

• Updated child support guideline table and gross-to-net tax table.

Massachusetts

• Other expense. There were situations where the “other expense” entry text could be duplicated elsewhere. That is no longer happening.

448.11

Released March 26, 2026

For everyone

1. Bulk Actions in File Manager. Now, in File Manager, you can do the following actions with multiple files at one time:
   • Delete
   • Archive
   • Download
   • Move

To do any of these actions, click one or more checkboxes in the left column. Then the options above the files list — Delete, Archive, Download, and Move — will appear. Select the option you want.

The “Move” option is available only if you have the Firm Edition. It allows you to bulk move files to another attorney in your firm. This is great if an attorney is leaving, and you want to move their files to another attorney.