Practice area · Family Law

Details

How the tools fit a family law matter, the documents involved and the rules they draft around.

Process

Start to finish, in sequence

1

The first call

The Website Intake Assistant talks to a visitor at any hour, collects their name, contact details and a short account of the situation, and saves them to Matter Management as an Inquiry with a draft follow-up.

2

The rules

Ask the AI Law Assistant how your state handles the question, such as parenting plan requirements or relocation notice, with its sources. Matter Management keeps the hearing dates you enter.

3

The plan or the motion

The Document Drafter writes the parenting plan, settlement letter or motion from the facts you give, in your state's terms. Save a hearing date and the draft is written a few days ahead.

4

The follow-through

Reply to the other side's counsel with the Email Assistant, and on Enterprise plan the case itself with Litigation Strategy.

Documents

The documents a family law firm uses

These are real Document Drafter types. Lengths are for the document itself, and about 450 words fill a page.

Custody Agreement (parenting plan)

A parenting plan with shared parental responsibility, the time-sharing schedule, holidays and relocation terms, written in your state's own language. Detailed length runs about 4,000 to 6,000 words (9 to 13 pages). Professional and Enterprise.

Settlement Letter

Proposes, counters or confirms a settlement between the parties, with the terms and an acceptance deadline. Standard length runs about 700 to 1,200 words. Every plan.

Client Letter

Plain-English advice, status or next steps for the client. Standard length runs about 400 to 700 words. Every plan.

Retainer Agreement

The engagement terms between the firm and the client, including fees and how the retainer is held. Standard length runs about 1,600 to 2,600 words. Every plan.

Legal Memo

An internal memorandum on a legal question, with authority left for you to fill in and verify. Standard length runs about 1,400 to 2,300 words. Every plan.

Motion

A motion to modify or enforce, with its argument and clearly marked places for case authority, never invented cases. Standard length runs about 1,500 to 2,800 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Discovery Request

Interrogatories or requests for production about income and assets, kept within the rules' limits. Standard length runs about 1,300 to 2,300 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Checklist

A working checklist for a matter, such as the documents to collect for a financial affidavit. Standard length runs about 300 to 600 words. Professional and Enterprise.

Rules

Family rules differ by matter and by state

Ramtek's state reference file covers filing periods for injury and contract claims. It does not yet cover family procedure, so for these matters the tools answer from the statute with its sources, and the table below lists the Florida rules the tools already draft around.

MatterWhere the rule comes fromWhat the tool does
Parenting planFla. Stat. § 61.13Drafts the plan in Florida's terms: parental responsibility, time-sharing, holidays
Relocation of a parentFla. Stat. § 61.13001Writes the notice and consent steps. It does not decide whether a move qualifies
Child supportFlorida child support guidelines, Fla. Stat. § 61.30Explains the method with its sources. The figures come from the worksheet you run

Confirm the current rule for your state before you rely on it. Rules change, and local practice differs.

Limits

Left to the attorney

It does not decide custody

It drafts the plan the parents agree to or the one you propose. The court decides what is in the children's best interests.

It does not calculate child support

It explains the guideline method with its sources. You run the worksheet with the parties' actual figures.

It does not replace a court evaluation

It cannot stand in for a guardian ad litem, a custody evaluation or a court-ordered assessment.

It does not send or file

Every plan, letter and email is a draft for an attorney to review and send.