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5.) Waived: The total value of all waived disbursements made on the plaintiff's behalf. The sum of this column across all rows in the table appears below the last row of the column.
Disbursement Table
The Disbursement table is where the details of disbursements are stored. Each row of the table represents an individual disbursement. See Tables for general information about table structure and usage, including all buttons and other tools in this table that are not mentioned below.
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Status: The status of the check or other payment
Invoice: The date and number of the invoice associated with the disbursement.
Check: The date and number of the check used to pay the disbursement.
Amount: The amount of the disbursement. The sum of this column across all rows in the table appears below the last row of the column.
Payee: The contact to be paid.
Type: The type of expense
Plaintiffs: The plaintiffs on whose behalf the disbursement was made. If none of the plaintiffs in the Plaintiffs field are selected, and the Share Expenses Across Plaintiffs field is selected, this column will contain the names of all plaintiffs in the case.
Recoverable: Whether the disbursement can be recovered from the case proceeds.
Waived: Whether the recovery of the disbursement was waived.
Comments: The description of the expense and any comments about the disbursement
Documents: Any documents related to the disbursement.
Action: An Edit icon and a Delete icon.
Description: The description of the expense.
Invoice Date: The date of the invoice associated with the disbursement
Invoice #: The number of the invoice associated with the disbursement.
Due Date: The date on which payment of the invoice is due.
Check #: The number of the check used to pay the disbursement.
General Ledger #: The identification number of the disbursement in the general ledger.
Payee [From QuickBooks]: Used by the QuickBooks integration; has no purpose otherwise
Status Date: The last date on which the status of the disbursement was changed
Share Expenses Across Plaintiffs: Whether the disbursement should be split equally among the plaintiffs.
Is Payee a Lienor?: Whether the payee of the disbursement also holds a lien on the case
Check Mailed Date: The date on which the check used to pay the disbursement was mailed
Check Date: The date of the check used to pay the disbursement.
Editing a Disbursement
To edit a disbursement:
Right-click anywhere in the row representing the disbursement you wish to edit. This will bring up a menu of options. Alternatively, you can click the Edit icon in the Action column of the row representing the disbursement you wish to edit. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for disbursements, with the existing information filled in. Skip to step 3.
Click the Edit option in the menu. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for disbursements, with the existing information filled in.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See
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The Add/Edit Disbursement Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the changes and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the changes, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
Deleting a Disbursement
To delete a disbursement:
Right-click anywhere in the row representing the disbursement you wish to delete. This will bring up a menu of options. Alternatively, you can click the Delete icon in the Action column of the row representing the disbursement you wish to delete. This will not bring up a confirmation message; it will simply delete the disbursement.
Click the Delete option in the menu. This will bring up a confirmation message (to avoid accidental deletions).
Click the OK button in the message to confirm the deletion. If you decide you do not wish to delete the disbursement, click Cancel instead of clicking OK to cancel the deletion. You can also click the black X at the upper right of the message to do the same thing. Until you either confirm or cancel the deletion, you may not be able to visit any other tab in your browser
Adding a Disbursement
To add a new disbursement:
Click the Add Disbursement button. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for disbursements, blank except for defaults.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See The Add/Edit Disbursement Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the disbursement and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the disbursement, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing
The Add/Edit Disbursement Panel
The Add/Edit Disbursement Panel allows you to fill in the details of a disbursement. See Add/Edit Panels for general information about panel structure and usage. This panel contains the following fields:
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Invoice Date: The date of the invoice associated with the disbursement.
Invoice #: The number of the invoice associated with the disbursement.
Amount: The amount of the disbursement.
Due Date: The date on which payment of the invoice is due.
Status: The status of the check or other payment.
Status Date: The date on which the most recent check status was entered.
Check Date: The date of the check used to pay the disbursement.
Check #: The number of the check used to pay the disbursement.
Check Mailed Date: The number of the check used to pay the disbursement.
General Ledger #: The identification number of the disbursement in the general ledger.
Payee: The contact to be paid.
Is Payee a Lienor?: Whether the payee of the disbursement holds a lien on the case.
Payee [From QuickBooks]: Used automatically by the QuickBooks integration; has no purpose otherwise.
Disbursement Type: The type of the expense.
Description: The description of the expense.
Expense Account:
Bank Account:
Clients: The clients on whose behalf the disbursement was made. If neither Share Expenses Across Plaintiffs nor any of the checkboxes in this field is selected, the record will not save.
Share Expenses Across Plaintiffs: Whether the disbursement should be split equally among the plaintiffs
Recoverable: if neither this field nor any of the checkboxes in the Plaintiffs field is selected, the record will not save
Custom Field:
Comments: Any comments about the disbursements
Related Documents: Tool for adding and tracking documents. Click the Select button to add a document to this disbursement.
The Related Documents Field and Documents Panel
The Related Documents field and Documents panel allow you to select documents that have already been added in the case and specifically relate them to a particular record on this page. This can help you quickly identify and access the most relevant document when you or another staff member visits this page at a later time. When you click Select Documents from the right-click menu, or click the Select button in the Related Documents field, a table of the documents in the case will appear. Find the document or documents you wish to associate with the particular record and select the checkbox for each document. Click Select or Update to confirm the selection. The descriptions of each selected document will appear in the Documents column in the table. Clicking the Open icon to the far left of the row will open that document.