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Resurrecting the Schmitz Calculator

In creating a new design for practicelaw last fall, we undertook a full-out review of all the materials available on the old site. In the process, we left behind old materials and put others aside for later review for potential resurrection. One of those that we shunted aside for the time being was the so-called …

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New Divorce Petitions

To round out practicelaw’s collection of new family law forms, we’ve added new sample petitions for dissolution of marriage. Six sample petitions and a new clause library are now available on practicelaw as Microsoft Word documents. We created the new sample petitions to fit common fact patterns, ranging from a divorce without kids and no spousal maintenance …

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Jury of Peers? Try Four Franklins and a Hamilton

The cost of being a client or an attorney just got a bit higher in Minnesota.  Governor Tim Pawlenty signed a court funding bill last week that outlined the appropriations for Minnesota’s judiciary. The bill, SF 802 (excerpt only), includes a list of increased fees as well as an increase in an attorney’s annual registration …

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Descent Proceeding Forms Now Available

Soon after rolling out new probate forms on practicelaw last year, attorneys and paralegals frequently asked us  “what about descent proceedings?”  After months of work this past winter, and as part of our continued release of 42 new probate forms,  we are pleased to announce the availability of the following new forms on practicelaw: PBT-330 …

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A Client Trust Accounting Guide for GnuCash

While practicelaw has several hundred practice forms and resources, very little of it is developed with or directed toward open source software. We use Dreamweaver to design and manage the site, Microsoft Word (see “Kicking This Word Addiction Ain’t Easy”) and Adobe Acrobat for our forms, and other proprietary software, such as Lexis-Nexis’ HotDocs product. …

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