Tyler Technologies Launches Odyssey Guide & File Solution
April 09 2014 - 8:17AM
Business Wire
Solution simplifies court form completion and
case filing for self-represented litigants
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) today launched its Odyssey®
Guide & File solution, which provides courts with a powerful
suite of tools to guide pro se litigants, also known as
self-represented litigants, through the process of completing court
forms and filing cases online. Courts can now easily create
Web-based interviews for their court by leveraging the library of
existing interviews from other jurisdictions and the Odyssey Guide
& File authoring tool. This provides courts an easy way to
produce online interviews that apply the business rules of the
court and guide pro se litigants with relevant and informative
content about the rules of the court.
Early adopters of Odyssey Guide & File include the Council
of Magistrate Court Judges of Georgia; the South Dakota Unified
Judicial System; the State of Idaho Judicial Branch; Eighth
Judicial District Court in Las Vegas; and the Second Judicial
District court in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“We are very enthusiastic about our partnership with Tyler and
the Guide & File solution. This technology allows us to take
all of the court’s information systems, databases, knowledge,
statutes, rules and more, and put it in a format that people
unfamiliar with the court system can understand,” said Greg
Ireland, executive officer, Second Judicial District Court in
Albuquerque, N.M. “With Guide & File, pro se litigants can
create court documents on their own in a relatively short amount of
time. Considering that nearly 85 percent of our family court
litigants are self-represented and are the working poor, this is a
huge benefit to pro se litigants and to the court.”
The Web-based Guide & File application was designed to
seamlessly integrate with Odyssey File & Serve, for electronic
filing. The Guide & File application increases the number of
filings entering the court electronically, decreases erroneous
filings and frees up court resources for other priorities. In
addition, courts can improve the pro se litigant experience with
Odyssey Guide & File’s self-guided interviews — which works
much like popular tax-preparation software — simplifying complex
legal filings for everyday citizens. It also offers litigants the
flexibility to complete the interview anytime, from anywhere.
Completed forms can be submitted electronically via e-filing
functionality, printed and submitted at the counter, or sent via
the mail.
“With the launch of Odyssey Guide & File, Tyler Technologies
is expanding services to the courts to help further increase access
to justice with an easy-to-use solution that makes courts more
efficient while simplifying the process for pro se litigants,” said
Bruce Graham, president of Tyler’s Courts & Justice Division.
“We’re excited to see several courts already adopting the
technology, and we look forward to helping them further streamline
how courts work with self-represented litigants.”
In conjunction with the launch of Odyssey Guide & File,
Tyler is announcing its partnership with Pro Bono Net, a national
organization that is a nonprofit leader in promoting the effective
use of technology and collaboration to promote access to justice,
and to support pro bono and legal aid attorneys, bar associations,
courts and others working to assist low income or disadvantaged
clients.
About Tyler Technologies,
Inc.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is a leading provider of
end-to-end information management solutions and services for local
governments. Tyler partners with clients to empower the public
sector — cities, counties, schools and other government entities —
to become more efficient, more accessible and more responsive to
the needs of citizens. Tyler’s client base includes more than
11,000 local government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the
Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other international locations.
Forbes has named Tyler one of “America’s Best Small Companies”
seven times and the company has been included four times on the
Barron’s 400 Index, a measure of the most promising companies in
America. More information about Plano-based Tyler Technologies can
be found at www.tylertech.com.
Jetstream PR for Tyler TechnologiesTony Katsulos, 972-788-9456,
ext. 301katsulos@jetstreampr.com
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