Category: General

The Supreme Court of New Jersey updated the amounts used in the state’s child support guidelines, effective June 1, 2022. Our most recent update incorporated the very latest guideline rules into Family Law Software. Here are the key changes. Self-Support Reserve The self-support reserve increased from $372 to $392 per week. (The self-support reserve is […]

We were recently asked whether we could add an option to “spend all net income.” The financial advisor said that their client is just going to spend whatever is available and wanted the cash flow projections to reflect this. We have considered an option to “spend all excess funds.” But we have not done it, […]

Family Law Software automatically calculates child support step-downs. You can see this on the Enter Data screen for Child Support, in the section near the bottom of the screen entitled “Support to Use in ….” The step-down shows what will child support be when the oldest child ages out, then the next-oldest, and so on. […]

Did you know that, with Family Law Software, you can value annuities? You can, and here’s how! Create a defined benefit pension asset. Specify the owner, and click “more info.” Enter the information asked for by the “more info” screen, entering the information about birth dates, payment amount, etc. Enter the annuity’s payment start date […]

The American Rescue Plan provided for significantly increased Child Tax Credits. The credits for 2021 are up to $3,600 per qualifying child, as opposed to $2,000 before (and after). (In 2021, a qualifying child is typically a child under age 18 at the end of 2021 for whom the party claims the tax exemption.) The […]

A situation has arisen where parties are using proceeds of a refinancing to pay off a separate debt. The question is how to handle this in Family Law Software. There is no way to directly specify that a refinancing will pay off a party’s separate debt. You would be using marital debt to pay off […]

Here’s an example to show how how easy it is to divide incomes 50/50 on an after-tax basis using Family Law Software, and how important it is to look at incomes after tax. Let’s take the hypothetical example of John and Sue. John and Sue have one child. They share parenting time equally and they […]

As you may know, the IRS is making advance payments on account of the Child Tax Credit, starting July 15, and continuing monthly throughout the remainder of 2021. What you may not know is that the IRS is actually willing to send these payments even to people who never filed a tax return! The IRS […]

Get ready to answer your phone … possibly, a lot! Starting July 15, millions of families will start receiving monthly child tax credit payments. Your clients could be among them, and they’ll definitely have questions. As part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan of 2021, signed into law in March, roughly 39 million families […]

On May 27, Dan Caine, the President of Family Law Software, presented a Webinar on the American Rescue Plan — Provisions and Strategies. We have now posted that Webinar on YouTube, and you may view it here: If you wish to view the slides, you may do so here. During the Webinar, people typed questions […]