What is custody software? How does it help divorced parents? What are some of the features? These are some common questions that divorced parents have about custody software.
These programs are fairly recent on the market--most of them have come about in the last ten to fifteen years.
It is understandable that parents would want to know what many of the programs do and if they could help their situation.
Here's a basic overview of the things that custody programs do.
A very common program that is available is one that will help a parent create a visitation schedule.
Many of these programs let you put your information into a calendar format so that you have an easy way to see the layout of your agreement.
Depending on the quality of your program, the program may let you put in the custody times for holidays, vacations and special events.
I really encourage divorced parents to shop around for different software until they find a really quality program that they are happy with and that does everything they need it to do.
I also encourage them to find a program with a very friendly user interface.
You don't want to have a program that is impossible to figure out.
The goal is to take away some stress from your custody situation, not add to it.
The programs that go beyond the basic calendar help parents create their entire parenting plan.
These programs can be very beneficial because they allow a parent to input information into a calendar and the program prints out a calendar and the schedule into a professional document in legal text.
This is very handy to take to court.
There are also ways to add provisions and print them out with the schedule so you have everything you need for a parenting plan.
One of the best ways to decide if a computer program can help is to try them out.
Many programs offer free trials or demos.
This is very good and people should take advantage of these.
I am very hesitant to recommend any product that doesn't allow the public a chance to try it out before purchasing.
This way someone knows what they are getting and they know if it will help.
Other features that programs offer are online communication centers for divorced parents, keeping journals about visitation times, keeping track of actual and scheduled visitation time, tracking expenses and mileage and having a place to store information about the child.
All of these can benefit certain cases.
Hopefully divorced parents can find a great resource in custody software.
Because of the many options available today, no one should settle for a product that they think doesn't do everything they want.
If people look around, they should be able to find what they are looking for.
These programs are fairly recent on the market--most of them have come about in the last ten to fifteen years.
It is understandable that parents would want to know what many of the programs do and if they could help their situation.
Here's a basic overview of the things that custody programs do.
A very common program that is available is one that will help a parent create a visitation schedule.
Many of these programs let you put your information into a calendar format so that you have an easy way to see the layout of your agreement.
Depending on the quality of your program, the program may let you put in the custody times for holidays, vacations and special events.
I really encourage divorced parents to shop around for different software until they find a really quality program that they are happy with and that does everything they need it to do.
I also encourage them to find a program with a very friendly user interface.
You don't want to have a program that is impossible to figure out.
The goal is to take away some stress from your custody situation, not add to it.
The programs that go beyond the basic calendar help parents create their entire parenting plan.
These programs can be very beneficial because they allow a parent to input information into a calendar and the program prints out a calendar and the schedule into a professional document in legal text.
This is very handy to take to court.
There are also ways to add provisions and print them out with the schedule so you have everything you need for a parenting plan.
One of the best ways to decide if a computer program can help is to try them out.
Many programs offer free trials or demos.
This is very good and people should take advantage of these.
I am very hesitant to recommend any product that doesn't allow the public a chance to try it out before purchasing.
This way someone knows what they are getting and they know if it will help.
Other features that programs offer are online communication centers for divorced parents, keeping journals about visitation times, keeping track of actual and scheduled visitation time, tracking expenses and mileage and having a place to store information about the child.
All of these can benefit certain cases.
Hopefully divorced parents can find a great resource in custody software.
Because of the many options available today, no one should settle for a product that they think doesn't do everything they want.
If people look around, they should be able to find what they are looking for.