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Family Law Software Selection The Smart Way
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Posted On :
Dec-06-2011
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As a family law attorney I know just how smart people can be when they want to put across their side of the deal and how you can be short changed in the process.
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As a family law attorney I know just how smart people can be when they want to put across their side of the deal and how you can be short changed in the process. Time and again my lawyer friends had mentioned how they had benefited by a family law software and time and again quite a few had expressed how dissatisfied with the software they were and how a smart salesman had managed to slip one over them. I was not going to get caught in the same trap. I decided to be smart and study all aspects of the family law software available in the market. I was not going to be saddled with buggy software or software that did not have all the features necessary for a lawyer involved in family law cases. I made a list of all the functions I carried out in my daily practice as a family law attorney. The checklist of parameters for the ideal and most suitable family law software went like this.
Must Have Features
• Easy menu system and user friendly family law software with a short learning curve. I did not want to go over complex manuals and spend time studying.
• Enter data at one point and have the software fill in all necessary forms and documents with the figures and names. Make corrections at one point and have the corrections reflected across all forms and documents.
• Family law involves complex calculations related to alimony, child support and settlements, tax implications and division of assets. I wanted the software to provide what if scenarios and output worksheets showing the implications and the best one for my client.
• Generate all forms automatically, populating them with data entered at the central point and further customize these forms.
• Software with customization that takes into consideration specific laws prevailing in each state and an ability to generate worksheets, documents and forms in conformance with State laws.
• Compile all forms and documents related to a case in one folder and save in word of PDF format for easy portability and printing.
• An ability to send email from within the program itself.
Desirable Features
Customization according to state laws: If I wished to handle a family law case in Pennsylvania it would be nice to have Pennsylvania family law software for easy generation of forms and calculations with child and spousal support in conformity with Pennsylvania Guidelines. For a law case in Arizona the Arizona family law software would need to have all features in addition to calculations and forms that follow the new State guidelines effective from June 2011. For a case in New York I would want the New York family law software to provide a New York statement of net worth, maintenance worksheet and child support worksheet form UD8 in conformance with the State laws.
Now if the family law software could have mobile portability and porting to divorce settlements, in addition to all the above, it would be just right for me, save me a lot of time and let me handle more cases. That’s the way I figured it and I will be comparing software from different vendors and hitting on one that has all these in a compact, easy to use, affordable package.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Family Law Software Selection The Smart Way_114735.aspx
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Author Resource :
Family Law softwares offer family law software, Pennsylvania family law software and new york family law software for all kinds of family lawyers.
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Keywords :
family law software, Arizona family law software, Pennsylvania family law software, new york family law software,
Category :
Home and Family
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Home and Family
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