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Uniform Domestic Relations Forms

New Domestic Relations Forms

The Supreme Court of Ohio adopted new domestic relations forms enabling judges and attorneys to enjoy state-wide uniformity in the maintenance and presentation of financial information, health insurance, and other child-related information in family law proceedings. The new forms were developed by a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Children, Families, and the Courts, which was composed of five domestic relations judges, a magistrate, and five family law attorneys. The forms were proposed as a solution to the problems engendered in a system where 88 counties had developed 88 different sets of forms in divorce and dissolution cases -- forms which essentially dealt with the same information. This lack of standardization was a source of confusion to attorneys practicing in more than one county and to non-attorney parties who represented themselves. As a result, the uniform affidavits were drafted and first published on January 18, 2010. They were subsequently adopted by the Justices in a 7-0 vote on May 25, 2010, and became effective on July 1, 2010.

Better Looking Forms Faster

Would you prepare a brief on your typewriter? Of course not. All law offices use word processors for document generation. One of the primary advantages of a word processor is the ease with which revisions can be made. If clients were perfect and brought all the information you needed in the first appointment, and never exaggerated or omitted any information, you could probably muck through with a typewriter. But the real world isn’t like that. UDRF allows you to make changes, corrections and additions quickly and easily without messy white-out, or mismatched or misaligned fonts. With UDRF you just type in the new information and hit the print button. Any relevant totals update automatically and instantly. Case caption data, i.e. county name and case number, also populate the forms automatically.

Saving Time Means Saving Money

The creation of professional looking forms can be considered an end in itself, but producing better forms more quickly and efficiently allows you time for the pursuit of additional billable hours, or simply more time to yourself. Either way, you can’t lose.

Features

• Works in All Windows. Developed in and optimized for Windows 7 and Windows Vista (although UDRF runs in any 64- or 32-bit version of Windows including Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows 98)
  
• Open & Save Files To Disk. Unlike many pdf web forms, UDRF lets you open and save your client information on your hard drive -- an indispensible feature for making revisions
  
• General Information Worksheet for assembling and automatically completing the common, repetitive fields on the various affidavits
  
• Continuation Pages. Continuation pages are provided in nearly all the instances where you'll need them (and you will need them) -- no fooling around with attachments or confusing addendum
  
• Auto-Math. UDRF takes care of calculating and updating all your totals; if you make a change the totals are updated instantaneously and automatically
  
• Auto-Text-Fit. If you've got a bit more information than will fit on a given line, UDRF will automatically shrink the font size until the text does fit
  
• Exports all forms (blank or completed) to your word processor for printing, faxing, emailing or making PDFs (PDF-making functionality dependent on your word processor or owning Adobe Acrobat)
  
• Download future upgrades from UDRF Help menu (Internet required)

More Ways To Save

If you're looking for savings, check out our discounted combination packs. Not only are these programs a valuable set of tools for any Ohio practitioner of family law, but the more you buy, the more you save.

• With Child Support - This package contains the number one child support software in the State of Ohio -- Revised Ohio Child Support Guidelines -- coupled with UDRF. It's only $169.99. Save $30 off the list price of these two programs. When ordering, check the Family Combo checkbox and enter "UDRF" in the Note field of our Order Form. You will be charged the lesser price of $169.99 and with WROCSG6 you will recieve UDRF instead of the Ohio Spousal Support Calculator (MA).

• Family Complete - This package contains all of our family law software: Revised Ohio Child Support Guidelines, Ohio Spousal Support Calculator, Family Law Practitioner's Apprentice, and UDRF. Only $379.99. Save $220 off the list price of these four programs.