FamilySoft vs. "Divorce NJ" Software

FamilySoft is a complete Family Law calculation and forms package.
If you are an attorney who cares about the accuracy and quality of your family law documents, you choose FamilySoft!
It's no secret why the Courts of New Jersey use FamilySoft for child support guidelines calculations:
- FamilySoft calculates child support accurately.
- FamilySoft produces professional quality case information statements and does it fast and accurately.
Compare FamilySoft to that rebadged "Divorce Software NJ" and you'll see that theirs just doesn't add up.

New Name, Same Old Stuff

This is the same old "Appendix IX" child support software we've reviewed before, but its upgrade relies on Microsoft™ Excel™ to create your Case Information Statement.
FamilySoft creates your CIS on it's own. It's all built in!

Affordable vs. Cheap

Yes - This "Divorce NJ" is less expensive than FamilySoft, but you get what you pay for. Just check out the difference. We offer a 30-day money back guarantee, so you can try it and see for yourself.

 

FamilySoft™	"Appendix IX/Divorce NJ" Competitor
Comprehensive CIS and Related Forms	Limited Excel CIS Spreadsheet, No Probation Statement, No Insurance Affidavit, No Parenting Plan
Comprehensive Income Analysis: Enter multiple types of income to get the most accurate income analysis for a child support calculation	Deficient: There's no telling how the incomes are taxed
Easy-to-use: Integrated interface. Questionnaire-style data entry ensures you don't miss anything.	Hard-to-use: Interface requires you to "know" where you are going before printing a guidelines worksheet
Flexible Overnights: Enter different combinations of overnights for the parenting time credits	Restrictive Overnights: Can only enter X number of overnights per 7 days
Easy Older Child Adjustment: Built-in adjustment for older children	Error-Prone Older Child Adjustment: Must manually adjust calculation
Comprehensive PPR Test: Takes into account the income of other adults in the household	Deficient: does not include income from other adults in PPR’s household for Shared Parenting cases
Automatic, Easy to Configure Taxes: FamilySoft calculates taxes, filing statuses, tax method, withholding allowances	Manual, Hard to Use Tax "Wizard": Click through multiple screens to complete your taxes
On-screen Display of Tax Categories: See federal, state, FICA and other taxes right on the screen	Inconvenient Tax Module: Click through multiple screens to view your tax categories
Built-in Conversions: SkratchpadsTM for converting annual, monthly, bi-weekly, and hourly amounts to weekly numbers required by Court Rule	Manual Conversions: Must do conversions manually for year-to-date and hourly incomes, and overnights. Get that calculator warmed up.
Complete Built-in Other Dependent Deduction: If both parties request the deduction, FamilySoft will calculate ALL of them.	Deficient Other Dependent Deduction: If both parties request the deduction, you are out of luck. Manually calculate extra guidelines worksheets. You're really giving that calculator a workout now.
Easy to Use Other Dependent Deduction Worksheets	Confusing and hard to use ODD "Wizard": Can you figure out how this works?
Full Time On-screen Alerts: SupportCalc provides on-screen alerts when you fail to meet certain criteria for a support award	Error-Prone Alerts: You must "remember" to click on the Alerts button to find out if your case complies with the Rules
Professional Looking Printouts: Great care is taken to produce the best looking forms	Ugly Ugly Printouts

FamilySoft^TM - Do fast and do it right!

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