2026 June

LATEST UPDATES

At TXdocs, we're constantly enhancing our software and expanding our forms library to better serve small Texas law firms. Our latest release includes:

• 9 new family law forms
• 6 new probate forms
• 5 new wills & estates forms

Plus powerful new enhancements designed to save you time and reduce manual work:

• Interrogatories and requests for production now include an option to produce AI-generated searches
• Support for defendants using Assumed Names (DBAs) during assembly
• Divorce Decree equalization payments now automatically default to amounts entered in the Proposed Division Tool
• New "Client Documents" shortcut in Contacts Manager for faster access to assembled documents
• "Select All" option added to Online Intake reminders
• Improved eFiling performance for cases with numerous service recipients

And that's just the beginning. Click here or below to view the complete list of updates and enhancements included in our latest releases.

Did you know TXdocs includes a built-in setting to prevent single lines of text from appearing at the top or bottom of a page?

TXdocs automatically adjusts headings and stray lines so they move together—commonly known as “widow/orphan control.” According to Joel Norris, this setting is one of the most beneficial and underappreciated tasks TXdocs has undertaken!

Instead of spending time inserting hard returns or manually adjusting page breaks, TXdocs handles these formatting issues for you, regardless of which word processor you're using.

You can customize this setting in TXdocs Editor by navigating to Page Layout > Paragraph and adjusting the Widow/Orphan Control settings to keep two or more lines together.

Because TXdocs enables this feature automatically, your assembled documents benefit immediately. You can also enable similar settings in your preferred word processor. In Microsoft Word, open the Styles gallery, right-click Normal, select Modify, then choose Format > Paragraph. Under the Line and Page Breaks tab, check Widow/Orphan Control.

By popular demand, we've added a brand-new Premarital Intake.

Available through Online Intake or as an assemblable questionnaire, this intake includes separate property schedules that make drafting the corresponding Premarital Agreement significantly easier and more efficient.

TXdocs family law expert and former judge Tristan Longino is really excited about this new addition, and so are we!

Clients can now easily provide:

• Contact information for both parties
• Information about children
• Current assets and debts
• Preferences regarding the treatment of property and obligations

Pro Tip: For less back-and-forth, less retyping, and less digging for missing details at the last minute, using TXdocs Online Intake is the way to go.

Once you're ready to draft the Premarital Agreement, the information gathered through the intake is readily available for use during assembly. This, combined with Judge Longino's review and refinement of the form itself, allows you to draft with confidence and efficiency.

We've also revamped our Adoption Intake to gather more of the information attorneys need for case strategy and preparation, making it even easier to complete the full set of forms required throughout the adoption process.

Covered during the course:

• Texas Estates Code intestacy laws and recent legislative changes
• Utilizing TXdocs to gather, organize, and demonstrate heirship
• Preparing accurate pleadings and proposed orders
• Common challenges and practice considerations

This course has been approved by the State Bar of Texas MCLE for 1.00 hour of Ethics Credit. For more information and to reserve your seat, click here or below.

Many subscribers don't realize how much control they have over billing statement formatting in TXdocsPlus.

You can customize statement headers, upload your own logo, and even use different headers on the first and subsequent pages. You can also control which information appears on statements, including whether attorney names are displayed and whether time entries show only the first line of a description or the full text.

These settings can be adjusted at any time within your Billing settings.

We occasionally launch surveys within TXdocs to gather feedback about how our subscribers work, what they value, and what changes to TXdocs they'd like to see. One recent survey asked "when creating a family law order that includes conservatorship, how often do you or your staff edit the Rights and Duties section?"

Responses to this survey indicated that only 12.5% of subscribers say they never change this language (i.e., making changes to consent or tiebreaker language, changing numbers to letters, etc). We take feedback like this into account when determining what - if any - changes need to be made to our forms, and we're currently working on implementing some of the suggestions we received from these survey responses.

At TXdocs, we really value subscriber feedback. You can always contact us online, via email, or by calling us at (210) 253-9506. When we receive suggestions from subscribers, we track them in our proprietary FormZ system and make sure to reach back out to the requesting subscriber to let them know when they can expect their suggested change to be implemented.

TXDOCS CERTIFICATION RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to all of the law and paralegal students who earned their TXdocs certification during the 2025-2026 academic year. These 31 recipients are:

• Alan Ahuja
• Joselyn Covarrubias
• Jeremy Danes
• Emily Emfinger
• Catelyn Flores
• Jolyssa Fraga
• Cianna Friscia
• Angelina Galvan
• Kristine Guerra
• Arlene Ibarra
• Christina Ibarra
• Michelle Jacobs
• Rocio S Sheppard Larios
• Maria M Diaz Martinez
• Shaleeta McClelland
• Caitlyn Ordonez

For a complete list of all recipients of the TXdocs Document Automation Certification, click here or below.

You can take the certification exam yourself from within the Learning Center in TXdocs. This can serve as a great training tool for attorneys and staff alike.

Test your knowledge: the most commonly missed question on our certification exam is: "True or False: Each individual user can set up their own formatting preferences." Do you know the answer? If not, make sure you check out our certification course curriculum, which provides an overview of everything you need to know to become a TXdocs expert.

As a refresher, "FormZ" (pronounced "form-zee") is what TXdocs calls our proprietary software to track subscriber requests for new forms, fixes, or improvements. For a complete list of the content updates included in our latest releases, click here or below.