Family Law Software Version Notes

447.05

For all users

1. Arrears. We have updated state-specific arrears interest rates.
   
2. Corrupted files. We have continued to improve the software’s ability to load and work with files that contain assets where the data has become corrupted. Now you are able to change the order of the way assets are listed in such many files.
   
3. Sample file. The Sample File has been updated to 2025.

State Specific

California

• Judicial Council Forms. Updated FW-001

Illinois

• 2025 Tables. We have updated the gross-to-net and basic obligations tables for 2025.

Massachusetts

• Payroll deductions. Write-in payroll deductions were being doubled for purposes of the Support Impact report. They are now being accounted for correctly.

New York

• Automobile expenses. “Other” automobile expenses were being omitted from the Budget Report if you were entering automobiles one at a time. Now, all “other” automobile expenses will carry to the Budget Report.

447.04

For all users

1. Increased stability. We received a couple of reports of users being logged out of specific files. We fixed the issue that was causing that for those users. This event is rare, and it should be even more rare now.
   
2. Help button at checkbox. In a few locations, the help windows on the same line as a checkbox were being scrolled away before they could be read. We have fixed that.

State Specific

California

• Judicial Council Form – update CIV-110.
• Judicial Council Form – update FL-334.
• Judicial Council Form – update CLETS-001.
• Judicial Council Form – update FL-320-INFO.
• Judicial Council Form – update FL-320.
• Judicial Council Form – update MIL-100.

Ohio

• The length of the name fields became shorter when we made some header changes. We restored the name fields to their original length.

Oregon

• As an artifact of a recent update, child groceries had been moved to the “Personal” section on the Budget Report. It is now reinstated as a “Child” expense.

447.03

For All Users

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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.
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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.

447.02

For All Users

1. Budget Report Real Estate Expenses. There is a small number of expenses that in some states are considered real estate expenses, and in other states are not. Examples include phone and Internet expenses. In those states, we were sometimes omitting the expense from the Budget Report if it was not considered a real estate expense for that state. That is now fixed.
   
2. Budget Report Write-In Descriptions. On lines where the user is able to “add another” expense, for the expense description, we were looking solely to the expense description entered for the first party. Now, we are also looking to the expense description entered for the second party.
   
3. Arrears. The arrears obligation detailed calculation was not applying grace period. If the statute so requires, we now apply a 30 day grace period to the initial payment. This applies in Illinois and Texas.
   
4. Desktop. In the desktop software, we made small text changes to text to clarify “Send Back” interactions with File Manager in desktop software. We attempted to clarify that if a file is locked using the File Manager in the cloud, then the file will not appear in the list of client files that may be downloaded. Similarly, the Send Back button will not work in that situation.
   
5. FLS Alimony Formula. Family Law Software features a proprietary calculator for alimony that incorporates the best features of a variety of online calculators. We have now made it easier to change the percentages of incomes of the parties that are applied.
   
6. File Manager. We implemented several fixes to remove problems and make usage of File Manager smoother. Sometimes buttons could be clicked twice, which was resulting in problems. Also, it is now possible to have a client transition smoothly to a different professional.

State Specific

California

• Judicial Council Forms. We updated FL-105, FL-105(A), FL-300, and FL-300-INFO.

• Child Support What If. If you have manually entered spousal support in one scenario, the amount was being deleted if you specified to calculate spousal support in another scenario. This is now fixed.
  
• Update 2024 California tax numbers/California certification

Colorado

• Court Address. We have updated the address of the Moffat Combined Court.

Illinois

• Child support what if. In the child support what if scenarios, it is now possible to manually enter maintenance for a scenario.
  
• Child support What If. If you have manually entered spousal support in one scenario, the amount was being deleted if you specified to calculate spousal support in another scenario. This is now fixed.
  
• The arrears obligation detailed calculation was not applying grace period. We now apply a 30 day grace period to the initial payment.

Texas

• The arrears obligation detailed calculation was not applying grace period. We now apply a 30 day grace period to the initial payment.

Washington

• PFML. We now include a calculation of PFML (“Paid Family and Medical Leave”) premiums in the child support calculation. This will slightly decrease the income of the wage earner. The wage earner is the paying party, it will slightly decrease the amount of child support calculated.

447.01

For all users

1. Minimum Wage. We updated to the current 2025 minimum wage rates in all states. This is the rate that appears by default when, in the wages section, you specify an hourly wage rate.
   
2. Uniform Order of Support. We have made line 8 — the bottom line — on Uniform Order of Support a decimal, so users can enter pennies.
   
3. Tax Exemptions. For children not of the current relationship, if “alternating” is selected as the exemption schedule, then the party will get the exemption in alternating years. This had not been working for children of other relationships.
   
4. Spousal support deductibility. We now default that spousal support paid on account of a prior relationship is not tax deductible.
   
5. “Draft” banner. The “draft” banner option now will not affect future cases. Previously, once it was turned on, all pages printed as “Draft” until it was turned off. You can find the “Draft” banner where you print your financial forms.
   
6. User Id. We changed the nomenclature of “professional id” to “user id” everywhere. This better reflects current usage and understanding.

State specific

California

• Links to court information. We have made it easier to click to the court information when you are entering information about the case.
  
• Low-income adjustment. We updated the 2025 California low-income adjustment threshold. This will have a very slight impact on the California child support guideline calculation for low-income parties.  
  
• California Child Support – combine short-term capital gain with interest so it carries to Budget Report  

Colorado

• Eligible age. We have added the “eligible age” column at the top level for “other” children.
  
• Links to court information. We have made it easier to click to the court information when you are entering information about the case.

Florida  

• Arrears. We have updated to the January 2025 Florida arrears rate

Illinois

• Child Support Guideline Worksheet. We now have text that alerts you when the start year is more than a year before maintenance starts.
  
• Savings line on Financial Affidavit. We added a “Savings” line for the Financial Affidavit that does not carry to the cash flow projections

New Jersey

• New Jersey W-4 Worksheet. We now prevent line 1i from going negative. It can calculate to zero, but not less.
  
• Income data entry. We clarified the entry of year-to-date income. Now, when you select an option, the line items for the other option disappear. This should make the entry more clear.
  
• W-4. We updated the W-4 for 2025.

Ohio

• Ohio affidavit. The plaintiff should now appear on the left regardless of whose affidavit it is.

446.27

For all users:

State specific:

California

• We implemented the California Pass-Through Entity Tax. You enter this as an adjustment to income. It will appear as income, and as a credit against taxes, on the California state income tax page.
  
• California FL-150 add text that was missing below line 1.

Georgia

• Remove extra quotation marks on Georgia Print Guideline screen.

Michigan

• Fixed a typo on the parenting time adjustment worksheet.

Minnesota

• Fixed a typo on the parenting time adjustment worksheet.

Ohio

• Worked on bringing our Child Support Guideline closer to the official, work in progress.