In the newest update for mndocs (out on December 8), we’ve started experimenting with connecting mndocs with Microsoft Outlook. Essentially, the connection allows you to pick people from your Outlook contacts, and information about the person will automatically be populated into mndocs. It’s currently only enabled for the probate forms, and it’s not perfect, but …
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Adding More Functionality to Your Address
We receive requests now and then to allow more flexibility for the law firm address that you use on your pleadings or documents. Recently, a new user told me that he was doing a pro bono case in family law and wanted to use the legal service agency as the address for his documents. That …
Working with Trusts and Trustees
We have a number of trust-related forms on mndocs, including a Trustee’s Deed, Certificate of Trust, and Affidavit of Trustee. In the last few weeks, I’ve received two questions about how best to complete these forms. Here are the general rules to remember (with images below as illustrations of what to do): As an added …
The Future of mndocs – and HotDocs
I spent most of a day in Chicago last week with some of the head honchos of the HotDocs Corporation, the relatively new owner of HotDocs. The new ownership team essentially took HotDocs out of LexisNexis, where it was lost in a sea of other projects and corporate conglomeration. It’s a huge positive step, and …
Adding an Interim Distribution in a Final Account
Apologies in advance to those who don’t use mndocs for probate, but I got an email today on an issue that has dogged a few other people: how to add an interim distribution in the Final Account. Here’s how: First, I’d start with the QuickFill Final Account, which I talked about earlier here (and included …
A Quick New mndocs Release
We updated the forms today but there is not a whole lot to report, other than we’ve done some often unseen background tweaking and renovating, particularly with the way you purchase and update your forms. Check it out by updating your forms now at this link (you’ll need to sign in as an MSBA member …
What’s Up With All These *****?
I received a question from a user today that I bet a number of mndocs users have now and then. Here it is: My understanding is that there are codes listed [in mndocs] and one must make a choice of code which then inserts relevant language. . . . [The attorney I work for] provided …
It’s Time: Upgrade to HotDocs Player 10
If you are a mndocs user, it’s best that you now upgrade your free HotDocs Player to the newest version, known as HotDocs Player 10. Why? How about these reasons: So, bottom line: it’s time to upgrade to assure that you can continue to use the new forms we produce each month. To upgrade, click …
New Editable Transfer on Death Deeds
July’s release is now live (licensed users click here to update), with the following editable Transfer on Death Deeds (TODDs) now part of the mndocs library: July’s release continues our work to get as many editable conveyancing forms into mndocs. Unlike the uniform conveyancing blanks, which are on practicelaw and are also known as UCBs, …
Please, I Beg You to Dump Internet Explorer
I’m not a fan at all of Internet Explorer, though it appears to be the browser of choice for most of our users and the world. Why do I not like it? One, it tries to be smarter than me and, as a result, simply gets in the way and makes things more difficult. It …
