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Counting The Days

The custody cliché of the mother taking care of the kids while the father comes by on alternate weekends isn’t common anymore. Even if one party is considered the custodial parent, kids often spend plenty of time with the non-custodial parent as well. Pennsylvania child support calculator considers the number of days with each parent when calculating the monthly amount.

PA child support guideline assumes that when child is in the care of the non-custodial parent, that parent is covering the child’s meals and other expenses. So the more time a child spends with the parent paying child support, the lower the calculated support will be. This is why it is essential that parents count the days of support carefully so that a fair level of support can be calculated.

Custody days also affect the type of custody: sole or shared. PA child support guidelines consider custody to be sole custody if one parent has the children less than 40% of the time or 146 days per year. In this case the main determining factor in Pennsylvania child support calculation is the non-custodial parent’s income.

However if each parent has custody at least 146 days per year then Pennsylvania family law considers this to be a shared custody arrangement. The support formula considers both parents income as well as the actual number of days per year each parent has the children. Attorneys need to be sure to use a PA support calculator that considers both these scenarios.

Although many other states have similar laws, it is essential that attorneys use specialized Pennsylvania divorce law software to come up with a support amount that is fair to the kids, the parents and adheres to Pennsylvania state law.

Situations like these are why we offer state-specific divorce software such as EzSupport-PA, our PA support calculator. When you determine child support using our software you can be confident that the amount calculated is valid under current Pennsylvania law. Our other child support products include NY, NJ and AZ child support calculator. We hope to add other states to our divorce financial settlement lineup in the near future.

Child support isn’t about what’s fair to the divorcing couple, but rather what is needed by the children. Use state-specific legal software programs designed to accommodate local family law ordinances to calculate the proper support and maintenance amounts for your clients.

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Pennsylvania Divorce Lawyers: Get Yourself A PA Child Support Calculator

Make a $50 mistake in a bankruptcy case: that’s a one-time mistake. In a divorce settlement, the same mistake may cost your client—and his or her children—up to $50 per week, for years. That’s a cost you have to live with.

The solution is to be dead accurate every time. Right?

If you’re a divorce attorney practicing family law in Pennsylvania, you know that’s easier said than done. Pennsylvania divorce calculations are complicated. Even if you’re a bona fide math whiz (given that you went to law school, we’re guessing you’re not), computations for base figures—such as net disposable income or assets & liabilities distribution—can make your head spin.

But properly planned divorce settlements result in higher disposable incomes for both parties—and lower tax liabilities. Helping clients find a divorce settlement that minimizes their tax obligations is not only a matter of professional responsibility: it’s an economic reality.

On December 6, 2010, Easy Soft launched a software package to make things easy. EzSupport-PA, a Pennsylvania Family Law Software is designed for divorce lawyers—not CPAs or tax attorneys. Coupled with the Divorce Financials program, PA lawyers get every tool they need for their family law practice. The software:

  • Captures all case information from the outset—and uses it to populate forms, statements, pleadings, and the like.
  • Adjusts support calculation for shared parenting, multiple families, excess mortgages, and the like.
  • Allows you to prepare multiple support scenarios, compare and pick the best option.

Once you’ve entered the information, our Pennsylvania divorce law softwaredoes the heavy lifting. The resulting worksheet details a variety of scenarios. For each scenario, it provides a statutorily precise bottom line: one number for spousal support, and another number for child support.

Easy—just like our name.

What’s more, the new Pennsylvania Family Law Software isn’t just a powerful divorce calculator: it provides you an opportunity to automate Pennsylvania family law forms, too. These include:

  • Pleadings: Complaints. Answers. Claims. Counterclaims. Motions. Notices. Summons.
  • Supporting Documentation: Income Statements. Expense Statements.
  • Correspondence: Letters. Responses.

You can virtually add any type of form and use case data to auto populate your forms.

Easy Soft has been around for 25 years. We’re stable, and we’re competent. We began working with family law and divorce attorneys 20 years ago. We know the challenges of your practice.

Our divorce law software is thorough—and it works. Our portfolio consists of the Divorce Financials product—applicable to all 50-states—and state-specific divorce and support solutions for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and soon Arizona. Add practice management software such as legal billing software, attorney trust account software, and the like, and we are a one-stop shop.

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Family Law Practice Automation Webinar – Free Webinar for Pennsylvania Law Firms

Pennsylvania family law attorneys must be adept at many intricate support and settlement related financial calculations to help clients reach optimum divorce settlements. State guidelines are intricate and are comprised of numerous calculations and adjustments (e.g. multiple family, excess mortgage, shared custody, custodial parent paid alimony, etc.).

Additionally, family law practice requires production of many standard forms (such as income/expense statements) and correspondence documents (letters, complaints, responses, counterclaims, etc).

Regardless of whether you are a novice or an expert on the above topics, this 60-minute free webinar will provide a wealth of information that will assist you in arriving at better divorce settlements for your clients and more efficient office operations. The hands-on webinar will show you how you:

  • How to efficiently collect and enter case data.
  • How to prepare support worksheets systematically and accurately.
  • How to prepare multiple worksheet scenarios and locate best option for your client.
  • How to organize and produce all required family forms at one place and from one set of data.
  • How to perform common divorce settlement related calculations such as:
    • Compute net disposable income for both parties for variety of spousal/child support scenarios.
    • Compute required alimony based on recipient’s budget needs.
    • Determine alimony-child support tradeoffs to locate a better tax optimized settlement option.
    • Distribute assets and liabilities efficiently.
    • Compute present value of the alimony and propose buyout options.
    • Compute present value of a defined pension benefit and propose buyout options.
    • Analyze lifestyle based on historic income/expenditure and determine a party’s financial ability or need.

Turbo Charge Your Family Law Practice. Reserve a Seat Today, FREE.

Register for this interactive webinar and learn how you can automate various steps in your own Family Law Practice. You can enroll online. We’ll email instructions to join the class. For Questions call 800-905-7638.

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New Software for Pennsylvania Family Law Attorneys

Just in time for Christmas a solution for PA Family Law Attorneys

With the Christmas holiday around the corner, shoppers are on the hunt for special gifts. While legal software probably isn’t on your family’s shopping list, EzSupport-PA is powerful family law software certain to delight Pennsylvania family law attorneys.

If enhancing client services, improving productivity and boosting profitability are on your firm’s wish list, look no further. Developed specifically for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, EzSupport-PA manages all the important aspects of a family law practice.

Here is just a sample of what you’ll find in the sleek blue and white package with PA emblazoned in fluorescent green.

  • An easy to use, uncluttered user interface
  • Automatic child support and spousal support computations
  • Instantly find the best possible support scenario for your clients
  • Produce required Pennsylvania documents such as, income statements, expense statements, inventory, health insurance certification, etc.
  • Add an unlimited number of your own Pennsylvania family law forms, correspondence or litigation documents. All forms populate from case data already entered; produce consistent and error free documents in click of a button.
  • All forms are fully customizable. Save forms in Word or PDF and email, all within the program.
  • Track time spent with a built-in timer and produce log statements for billing purposes.

EzSupport-PA offers more features and more solutions.

Find out why EzSupport-PA is sure to be on the shopping lists of busy Pennsylvania family law attorneys . Visit http://www.easysoft-usa.com/family-law-pa.html and download a free trial.

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