Family law practice management, pre-configured
Pick the Family Law vertical and HammerLex sets up a matter template and the case fields these matters actually turn on — so your team opens a divorce or custody matter into a workspace that already fits, not a blank grid.
A matter template built for family cases
Selecting the Family Law vertical seeds a ready-made matter template so your team stops rebuilding the same setup for every dissolution, custody, or support case. It captures the structure these matters share and leaves the specifics to you.
- ✓Case type and postureDivorce, custody, support, or modification — contested or uncontested, captured up front.
- ✓Filing county and jurisdictionRecord where the matter is filed so calendaring and documents pull the right details.
- ✓Opposing party and counselTrack the other side and their attorney — and feed the conflict-check engine at intake.
Custom fields tailored to family law
Family matters live and die by details that generic software doesn't ask for. The Family Law vertical adds case custom fields relevant to this practice — the kind of information a paralegal would otherwise pin to a sticky note or a separate spreadsheet.
- ✓Custody and childrenFields for whether minor children are involved and the custody arrangement in play.
- ✓Support and retainer contextKeep support posture and matter-specific financial notes beside the case.
- ✓Yours to shapeRename any field, add your own, or drop what you don't use — the preset is a starting point, not a cage.
Retainers that replenish themselves
Most family firms run on retainers, and chasing a depleted trust balance is a distraction from the case. HammerLex captures the retainer on the matter ledger, bills time and costs against it as work is logged, and drafts a replenishment request for approval when the balance drops below the threshold you set.
- ✓Automated replenishmentTrust drops below your floor → a top-up request is drafted for review.
- ✓Rate rules that resolve themselvesThe billing engine picks the right rate by precedence — timekeeper, matter, client, then firm.
- ✓Clean invoicesA rule-based audit sweep catches block-billing and cap breaches before an invoice leaves the firm.
Deadlines calculated, documents drafted
A missed hearing is a malpractice risk. Enter a single trigger date and HammerLex's rules engine generates the downstream deadlines for the jurisdiction, counting court days and rolling off weekends and holidays. When it's time to draft, tokenized templates inject the client name, matter number, and county so retainers and pleadings come out consistent.
- ✓Court-day-aware deadlinesOne trigger date populates the schedule; weekends and holidays are handled for you.
- ✓Merge-field draftingMatter data flows straight into retainers, motions, and standard family law documents.
- ✓Client portalShare invoices, receipts, documents, and messages in one matter-scoped, audit-tracked place.
Not one-size-fits-all
Generic practice management treats a divorce matter and a corporate deal the same way: an empty record you have to configure. That's fine until you realize every firm is quietly rebuilding the same family law setup by hand. HammerLex ships that setup as a starting point, so a new hire opens their first custody matter into a workspace that already speaks family law — and because the setup is idempotent, adopting the vertical later fills in only what's missing without touching your existing matters.
Family law questions
Does HammerLex handle custody and family law matters?
Yes. Selecting the Family Law vertical seeds a family law matter template and case custom fields for the details these matters turn on — case type, filing county, children involved, opposing party, and opposing counsel. Rename them or add your own any time.
Can I track retainers for family law clients?
Yes. HammerLex captures a retainer on the matter ledger and can automatically draft a replenishment request for approval when the trust balance drops below a threshold you set. Time and costs bill against the retainer as work is logged.
Does it calculate family law deadlines?
HammerLex has a rules-based engine that generates statutory deadlines from a single trigger date, counting court days and rolling off weekends and holidays. You apply the jurisdiction rule set that fits your matter.
Can I switch to Family Law if I already set up my account?
Yes. Changing your vertical is idempotent — HammerLex adds only the starter content you're missing, so it fills in the family law template and fields without duplicating or overwriting what you already have.
See HammerLex set up for family law
Book a short demo and watch a family law matter open into a workspace that already fits — templates, fields, retainers, and deadlines included.
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