New York Family Law

The Indecisive Support Recipient

“I don’t know what I want – you tell me.”

How many times do divorce attorneys hear these words spoken by clients when what the client really means is: “Get me everything you can, and then some.”

So how do you help your client make a decision on child support and alimony, so that you’ll have the authorization you need to start settlement negotiations and make presentations to the court?

The answer to this client problem is as simple as using the Easy Soft “Divorce Financials Software” to show your client the most strategic child support calculation and alimony calculation.  Using this divorce settlement program, you can put your client in the position to set the child support and alimony goals for the case.

Using Easy Soft’s divorce settlement program couldn’t be easier.  Start with the input of basic financial information about each party’s income, tax filing status, state of residency, and children qualified as dependency/exemptions.  Divorce Financials Software already contains all federal and state income tax tables to save your client the expense of having you look up that information and performing those calculations by hand.

Your next step is probably going to be the child support calculation and the alimony calculation as per the guidelines in the state of the divorce.  For NJ residents, Easy Soft’s “Case Information Program” will perform support calculations for you and seamlessly integrate them into the divorce settlement program.  Easy Soft also offers NY child support calculators and NY alimony calculators, PA child support calculators and PA alimony calculators, and AZ child support calculators and AZ alimony calculators.  Support figures can be manually entered for any state.

Next, input up to five, different child support calculations and alimony calculations for comparison purposes.  For example, you might choose to increase alimony in $2,000 increments and/or decrease child support in corresponding increments.

Then, with one click of a button, Easy Soft’s Divorce Financials Software produces easy-to-read charts, with side-by-side columns, so that your client can understand the effective budget in up to five, different support scenarios.  This software even shows you the after-tax value of alimony payments to the recipient.

You can even print and/or e-mail these charts from Divorce Financials Software to share with your client.

You’re going to find that indecisive client isn’t so indecisive any more.

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Family Law Software – New York State Divorce Calculator with Document Automation

Known for innovation and technological tools, Easy Soft once again meets the growing demands of legal software users with their popular family law software , E z Support–NY.

A few highlights of the cutting edge tools in E z Support – NY include:

  • An easy to use, uncluttered user interface makes data entry and understanding calculations a breeze.
  • Generate any form from a common set of data entered.
  • Automated Documents Generation:
    • Statement of Net Worth with unlimited asset and debt items
    • Common Divorce Forms (UD1 to UD14)
    • Child Support and Temporary Spousal Support Worksheets
  • Add an unlimited number of your own family law forms, such as correspondence or litigation documents.
  • All forms are fully customizable. Save forms as Word or PDF and email, all within the program.
  • SupportNY lite : Lets you collect initial case data from clients electronically.
  • Smartphone App : Calculate New York child and temporary maintenance and Alimony Buyout or Present Value and Alimony Recapture.

E z Support-NY helps New York attorneys who handle divorce cases perform formerly time-consuming divorce paperwork in seconds. The advanced tools in our new E z Support-NY program give family law attorneys capabilities they only dreamed of until now.

New York law firms interested in learning more about the unique features in EzSupport – NY software may call 800-905-7638 or to download a free trial, visit: http://www.easysoft-usa.com/new-york-divorce-software.html

About Easy Soft: Easy Soft has been a legal software leader since 1986. The company offers specialized solutions for real estate, family law, time, billing & trust account management and document automation. More than 15,000 customers nationwide use Easy Soft products to increase office productivity. Visit us on the web at: http://www.easysoft-usa.com

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Family Law Software – Electronic Data Collection Module: Easing Divorces One Form at a Time

The New York Statement of Net Worth. If it’s not familiar to you, it’s a zinger, and you might tear your hair out getting to the bottom of it.

But ask any New York divorce lawyer. Even if you do know what you’re doing, it can be a zinger, too.

That’s because most law firms—including maybe yours—aren’t designed to leverage information to its eyeballs—like it can be. In this golden age of technology, divorce lawyers are capable of utilizing machines to a) enter raw information: names, addresses, birthdates, bank account balances, stock values, pensions, and the like— just once , b) leverage technology to perform calculations within the myriad of worksheets, statements, and other documents you are responsible for, and c) pour the calculations into said documents.

The concept of entering information just once is crucial. You don’t have to cross-verify your accuracy: just enter it once, accurately. You don’t have to chase down multiple locations to make an adjustment to one piece of data: you simply change it once, in one single place.

Even better, EzSupport-NY now comes with an electronic data collection module called “SupportNewYorkLite.” That gives your client a form to fill out—in the ease of his or her home or office.

Your client receives a simple Microsoft Word file. Once completed, he or she returns it to you (via email). You review it for any red flags or missed entries, then click to “import” it into your EzSupport-NY software.

When this is complete, you’ve just shrunk a few hours’ work into mere minutes. You’ve saved yourself time, saved your client fees, and increased the accuracy of your data, since your client knows his or her finances best. You’ve also made your client part of an overriding solution: and leveraged technology at its finest.

To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638.

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Electronic Data Collection for Divorce – How It Works

If you’re a divorce lawyer in New York, you might be dismayed at just how many forms go into your day-to-day practice.

EzSupport – NY a Family law software comes to the rescue!

As we discussed in the last post, forms are a piece of cake with the new and improved EzSupport-NY.

That’s because we’ve inserted new technology that allows you to automate your data right from the get-go-making your clients part of the solution, not part of the backlog.

You see, EzSupport-NY now comes with an electronic data collection module called “SupportNewYorkLite.” That’s one form for your client to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home.

How does it work?

Simple. Open EzSupport-NY.

Step1: Email your client the SupportNYLite form (go to File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Save SupportNewYorkLite as a Word document). Instruct him or her to open it in Microsoft Word.

Step2: When your client returns the completed form, have a look at it, and make sure all the fields have been completed. If there’s anything missing, just let your client know.

Step3: Once you’re satisfied, import the form into EzSupport-NY (File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Import SupportNewYorkLite). If it’s a new client, the software prompts you for the client’s position: Plaintiff or Defendant? Click Continue, and then upload the form.

That’s it! The file’s been imported. All of your new client’s data is now in the system, and you can start figuring out optimal NY child support payments, maintenance, and all the rest: using our signature easy-to-use, uncluttered interface.

The only issue? What are you going to do with all of your new found free time?

To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you’ll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.

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New York Divorce Forms 301: Seriously

Forms, forms, and more forms. Sometimes you think you’re sinking into a giant mound of paperwork quicksand.

With all the forms a New York divorce lawyer has to generate, you might mistake your job as a paper pusher—or an administrator. Even for an uncontested divorce in the no-fault divorce state of NY, you’ve got your divorce forms, temporary maintenance and NY child support worksheet, and the massive and complicated Statement of Net Worth.

But if you’re using EzSupport-NY, you know that these forms are a piece of cake.

With our new and improved program, you automate your data right from the get-go. That way, your clients are part of the solution—not part of the backlog.

Now, EzSupport-NY comes with an electronic data collection module called “ SupportNewYorkLite .” That gives your client a form to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home or office.

The form is a simple Microsoft Word file. Once your client has completed it, he or she emails it back to you. You review it for completion, and then click to “import” it into your EzSupport program.

And there you have it. A few hours’ work funneled into a few minutes. Not bad, huh? Not only have you saved yourself a lot of time, you’ve increased the accuracy of your data, since your client is in a place where he or she can do what he needs to verify the information: check receipts, look at investments and pension statements, call his CPA, etc.

Next time, we’ll show you how it works. Click here, view our video.

To learn more about all of our family law software, including Divorce Financials (our nationwide version), call 800-905-7638. We promise you’ll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.

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High Net Worth Clients, NY Divorce Law Software —and the Recession

As a divorce lawyer in New York, your clientele is likely pretty diverse. Your clients span a range of income brackets. We’re guessing a few of yours clients might be of high net worth. These are people who have remained staggeringly wealthy—even throughout this hard-hitting recession.

Here at Easy Soft, we don’t think that the extensive assets of these clients ought to complicate your legal practice. We don’t think that multiple cars, homes, paintings, and jewelry should make the New York Statement of Net Worth any more complicated than it already is.

That’s why we developed our E z Support-NY software with these clients in mind.

It’s pretty simple. With E z Support-NY, all of those additional assets (and perhaps liabilities, too) simply get added to the statement of net worth —without having to tack on messy additional pages. Our software expands to accommodate everything. There’s no need to break out the calculator, Excel, or exercise acrobatics in math and documentation. EzSupport-NY keeps all assets right at your fingertips.

You can add as many of the following as you need:

•  Businesses. The software will itemize everything from capitalization to income.

•  Vacation homes

•  Checking accounts

•  Savings accounts

•  Investment accounts

•  Precious metals, and other holdings

•  Expenses—in all categories

•  And so forth.

They are rich in assets. And our software is more than ready for them.

As with all of our software, our new EzSupport NY ( divorce law software) captures all of the case information at the outset. That means that you only have to enter new information once . As with most of our family law software, using Easy Soft is like using a NY child support calculator. New York state forms are inclusive, too—along with technical support, educational training, and certain practice customizations. As with all of our legal software, click the built-in timekeeper to keep track of your billable hours.

To learn more about our NY State divorce law software, call Easy Soft at 800-905-7638.

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