The Top 5 Family Law Software Tools Reviewed

Practicing law in this day and age means using numerous technologies to help your firm run smoothly and your clients succeed. Technology is even more critical if you practice law remotely.

Family law software, in particular, comes in many shapes and forms. From tools to help you prepare for a child custody hearing to ones that help you quickly complete a financial statement, here is the best software for family lawyers.

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Custody X Change

We admit we may be biased, but we believe Custody X Change is must-have software for divorce and custody professionals because:

• It helps you make visual custody schedules for clients to compare.
• It calculates scheduled and actual parenting time.
• It cuts the time needed to create a thorough parenting plan.

If you connect with your clients, you'll also be able to guide them as they gather custody documentation. For instance, you'll be able to edit their journal entries, categorize their expenses, and print out messages they've exchanged with their co-parent.

Professional groups let colleagues work on each other's clients. After the first group member, each member's subscription is half off.

Legal aid workers also get a 50% discount on subscriptions, and judges get subscriptions free.

Our Family Wizard

Another custody-focused tool, Our Family Wizard, is primarily for parents. However, parents can grant legal professionals access to their accounts.

From there, the professional can message their client and view their client's activity. They can also download authenticated records of:

• Login history
• Requests to trade parenting time
• Messages
• Expenses
• Journal entries

Our Family Wizard accounts are free for professionals.

Family Law Software

This is the most popular divorce software for attorneys. It makes sure all the financial calculations involved in divorce are quick, easy and accurate. It does this by:

• Comparing property-division scenarios side by side
• Filling in documents like financial statements and property declarations
• Calculating child and spousal support, as well as child support arrears
• Valuing defined-benefit pensions

Your clients also get access to Family Law Software so they can enter their own information, which then gets fed into the relevant court forms. If you have to enter additional details for them, you'll only do it once; the software remembers each data point and inserts it where necessary.

You can work on clients assigned to colleagues at your firm. All firm members after the third pay half price.

Family Law Software integrates with Smokeball law-practice management software.

DivorceHelp123

DivorceHelp123 is in the vein of Family Law Software with some key differences.

First, it populates forms that aren't specifically about finances, such as:

• Complaint for Divorce
• Summons
• Motion to Dismiss
• Separation Agreement

It also lets you upload your firm's templates, but it doesn't calculate child support arrears or value defined-benefit pensions.

Pricing for DivorceHelp123 depends on how many users there are within a firm. You can pay extra to give clients access.

It integrates with Clio case management software, which happens to be the next tool on our list.

Clio

Of the many law-practice management tools out there, we've selected Clio because:

• It's the most widely used legal software in the world.
• It's been around for more than a decade.
• It's designed with family lawyers in mind.

Family law case management software helps modern-day attorneys run their practices smoothly. It helps with the entire life cycle of a case, starting from client intake. Along the way, you can use Clio to schedule meetings, automate billing, track case progress and more.

Clio has various subscription levels. It integrates with a number of tools, including accounting ones, like QuickBooks.

The takeaway

If you work in family law, you're likely to invest in multiple types of family law software. Choose your favorites from this list to be on your way to smoother days, more successful cases, and happier clients.