Arizona Family Law

Special Child Support Considerations In Arizona Divorces

Most states have special provisions when calculating child support which go beyond simply comparing each parent’s income. The Arizona Supreme Court issued its latest Arizona Child Support Guidelines in January 2005 that includes several special adjustments judges can, though are not required to, make in Arizona child support calculation.

Education Expenses – Not all children attend public school and there is an AZ child support guideline that takes that into account. If a child attends a private school and requires that private school to meet “particular educational needs” then child support may be adjusted upwards so each parent covers an equitable portion of the tuition in addition to the child’s basic expenses.

Children With Disabilities – Special needs children often cost more than typical children. They may have higher medical expenses, require equipment such as wheelchairs and communication devices, need special foods or any of a number of other unusual expenses. Some but not all of these expense will be covered by private insurance, AHCCCS (Arizona’s Medicaid program), the Division of Developmental Disabilities or other sources. Any expenses not covered by these programs will have to be covered by the family so will need to be shared between both parents.

Older Children – Arizona recognizes that children aged 12 and older require greater expenses than their younger counterparts. The AZ child support guideline covering older children indicates that a judge may increase child support obligation by up to 10% of that older child’s portion of the support payment.

These special cases are in addition to common Arizona child support calculation adjustments for child care and custodial time. Taken all together, it can make child support a challenge to figure in a fair manner.

Generic child support calculators won’t take all these unique cases into account. Attorneys need an Arizona child support calculator such as the one offered by Easy Soft. We offer state-specific child support software so you know the amounts calculated are right for your client and follow all the laws of the state. If AZ child support forms or state law changes, we will update the software and keep your practice ahead of the curve.

Take a look for yourself by downloading a demo of EzSupport-AZ, one of our library of legal software programs that includes divorce financial settlement products as well as applications for trust accounting and other legal tasks.

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For AZ Family Lawyers: The Benefits of Easy Technology

Here at Easy Soft, we think: why reinvent the wheel? It’s pleasingly round; it rolls smoothly; people seem to like it; it doesn’t even need petrol.

That’s why all of our software captures your client’s case data at the beginning of your engagement-and leaves it there.

That’s why EzSupport-AZ-which launched in May-takes your clients’ data and integrates it into all of the ensuing legal forms, correspondence, and financial statements including-most crucially for AZ divorce settlements-your child support calculations. EzSupport-AZ is Arizona divorce law software designed for divorce lawyers-not CPAs or tax attorneys.

Coupled with Easy Soft’s Divorce Financials software (which tax optimizes divorce settlements, among other things), Arizona divorce lawyers get every tool they need for their AZ child support calculations. The software provides:

•  Ease: Divorce calculations are complicated. Even if you’re a math genius, computations for base figures—such as net disposable income or assets & liabilities distribution—can make your head spin. EzSupport-AZ generates automated Affidavits of Financial Information , and other worksheets—making complex calculations not only doable, but also easy. Enter the information—and let our Arizona-specific software do the heavy lifting.

•  Accuracy : Because the software extracts the raw data from the same original source, and performs foolproof calculations from built-in formulas, the only error relates to faulty data entry, recall, etc. Enter your figures right the first time, and you’ll never have to worry about faulty math or error-prone data transfers.

•  Flexibility: The software adjusts support calculations for diverse custody arrangements, multiple family permutations, excess mortgages, multiple homes and other assets, and the like.

•  Abundance: EzSupport-AZ provides document automation capabilities for Arizona family law forms, too. These can include pleadings, worksheets, correspondence , and other standard forms: an all-in-one kit for your family law practice—no matter how complex the case.

•  Results : Properly planned divorce settlements result in higher net incomes for both parties—and lower tax liabilities. That means that your clients walk away happier—and wealthier, too.

Our easy-to-use, well reviewed and popular family law software makes it easy to get clients, and help them anytime, and anywhere.

To learn more about our divorce software for attorneys, call Easy Soft at 800 905 7638.

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AZ Divorce Law Software That Simplifies, Well, Everything

Sorry if we’re stating the obvious. But at Easy Soft, we like to keep things, well, easy.

That’s why we’ve just unveiled our latest software, which creates a case management center for each of your divorce clients. You can have your Arizona family law forms, your child support calculators, your financial worksheets, and all case correspondence stored—and generated—in one place.

We love it, and we trust you will too.

Here’s a little visual of how it works.

1. Open the software. Look at the lower left panel for your navigation tabs.

2. You go to “Case Info” to enter your case information: the wife’s name, the husband’s name, the children’s names, their ages, all relevant income, assets, liabilities, etc.

3. You click on “Support Worksheets” to generate your worksheets. To print the worksheets, simply click “Print.”

4. You click “Add Worksheets” to generate a comparison of multiple worksheet scenarios. Make your changes for each scenario, save, and click on Summary to compare.

The data you’ve collected produces the complex Financial Affidavits required by Arizona state law – where all the calculations are generated for you.

Some touches: you can add an unlimited number of asset items, and debit items—particularly useful for high net work individuals. The form automatically expands to accommodate your entries. Again, to print, you just click “Print”.

You can also choose from either standard family law forms, or new forms—customized specifically for your client.

At your command, any form you need merges with your captured case data. For example, you can click on “affidavit of financial information.” The merged form is now nearly ready, after you answer just a few remaining questions.

All of the documents you generate can be saved as a PDF or Word document. They can all be emailed directly from the software, too.

That’s just the beginning of what this Arizona-specific divorce software can do for you.

Easy, right?

We know. That’s why we call it Easy Soft.

To learn more about our divorce software for attorneys, call Easy Soft at 800 905 7638.

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Down The Road: How EzSupport-AZ Assists With Child and Spousal Support Modifications

As the economic climate has shown all too clearly as of late, income fluctuates through life. One day, you’re wealthy, and the next, you need to save.

Needs fluctuate, too  – expanding and contracting according to circumstances, preferences, and budgets.

Your client’s divorce might be final. But in year 3 or 15, one or the other party might request a support modification. What now? Do you start from scratch?

No. When the case is over, you instruct your client to update his or her financial statements every year. From year to year, your client notes fluctuations in income, bank accounts, stock holdings. He or she can mark losses, windfalls, deficits, bonuses, raises. Good news or bad: this creates an easy record. If there’s a request for a modification, you’re prepared.

If you handled this client’s divorce using EzSupport-AZ, our Arizona divorce law software, then updates are easy. Even if you didn’t and you own the software, the information is right at your fingertips.

By the time anyone files for a support modification, the legwork is easy. It’s right in your files:

You’ve got an Arizona child support calculator.

You’ve got the Arizona family law forms.

You just need to plug in your client’s updates. Once you do, EzSupport-AZ generates new financial affidavits, new forms, new comparisons, and new figures for your client to consider and use.

To learn more about our divorce software for attorneys, call Easy Soft at 800 905 7638.

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How Generating Automatic Financial Affidavits Makes Life Easy (And Accurate) for Arizona State Divorce Lawyers

In April, 2011, Easy Soft unrolled Arizona divorce law software.

EzSupport-AZ leverages technology to help Arizona State divorce attorneys generate complex worksheets and financial calculations, prepare Arizona family law forms (including customizations), and more.

As with all of our software, we first focus on collecting your case data. Then, the software leverages that data for any purpose that serves your client and his or her case—whether it’s generating Arizona financial affidavits, evaluating a settlement offer, figuring out child support payments, or something as complex as the future value of pensions.

With EzSupport-AZ, you never have to pick up a calculator, or create an Excel spreadsheet. Our software functions like an AZ support calculator, collating and automating data where you need it most.

Not only is this a major convenience for our clients, it reduces the chances of human error. It performs your calculations accurately and systematically—so you can focus less on the math, and more on what you’re trained to do: advocate and negotiate the best deal for your client.

Though our family law software products, the financial questions that can be resolved—accurately and painlessly – are numerous, and include:

  • The value of multiple child and spousal support scenarios
  • Temporary child and spousal support payments
  • The present value of alimony payments
  • The value of enhanced earnings
  • The amount of net disposable income
  • The value of buy-out options
  • The present value of pensions
  • Many, many more

To learn more about our divorce software for attorneys, call Easy Soft at 800 905 7638.

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Affordable Arizona State Divorce Calculator – With Document Automation

There has been no single, comprehensive, and affordable divorce law software in Arizona that acts as both a child support calculator, and an automatic generator of forms—including the crucial financial affidavits. Until now.

In April, 2011, Easy Soft launched EzSupport-AZ. This powerful Arizona divorce law software:

1. Generates Financial Affidavits—Automatically. Our EzSupport-AZ software encompasses the Affidavits of Financial Information and Inventory, crucial documents used to present the divorcing couple’s entire financial picture. It’s powerful software that does the math for you—so you can ensure accuracy and maximize the flexibility of options for your client.

2. Provides Arizona Child Support Calculator. Our intelligent software performs crucial calculations and prepares multiple support scenarios—so that you can locate the best option for your client.

3. Generates Customized Forms. In all family law cases, certain basic information (names of parties, years of marriage, names and ages of children) remains the same throughout. This makes it a no-brainer to generate the documents required for any family law case – even the ones which are settled out of court—through the same suite of software that produces your worksheets and your financial calculations.

Easy Soft has seized on this simple principle to bring it all together for our customers.

Invest in our EzSupport-AZ software today, and you’ll get an all-in-one kit that generates financial affidavits, performs other complex divorce calculations, provides Arizona child support guidelines, and generates all of the legal forms you need for your cases.

  • Comparative software won’t give you all of this. Instead, they do it in bits and pieces.
  • Comparative software won’t also provide free setup, unlimited training, free upgrades, practice customization (check with us), unlimited educational support, unlimited tech support, and easy-to-access, personalized service.

Focus less on the financials, and more on advocating and negotiating on behalf of your client.

To learn more about our AZ divorce software, call Easy Soft at 800 905 7638. 

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