# Debt Enforcement Software for German Law Firms — Optimaite Law

Source: [https://www.optimaite.eu/en/law/zwangsvollstreckung](https://www.optimaite.eu/en/law/zwangsvollstreckung)

> From title to payment. Without spreadsheet gymnastics.

Optimaite Law brings enforceable titles, claims accounts, interest, costs, dunning-court communication and enforcement measures into one workflow. AI reads titles and payment data, suggests next actions and calculates running claims — legal approval stays with you.

**What the AI does:** AI detects title, principal claim, ancillary claims and payments, calculates the claims account and suggests the next enforcement step.

## Problems today

### Claims accounts live in Excel

Principal, interest, costs, partial payments and default damages are often maintained outside the practice system. That is error-prone and hard to audit.

### Every measure means more form work

Dunning notice, enforcement order, garnishment and bailiff assignment pull the same data again and again from matter, invoice and payment history.

### Status is hard to see

Has the title been requested, served, final, partly paid or already enforced? Without one pipeline, status disappears into notes and emails.

## How enforcement runs in Optimaite

From claim to measure: calculated, prepared, reviewed and documented.

### 01 — AI step

**AI:** AI reads invoice, title, cost order and incoming payments and creates a structured claims account.

**You:** You review principal, interest rate, cost positions and cut-off date before the first action.

*Principal EUR 8,240 · interest §288 BGB · cost order*

### 02 — AI step

**AI:** AI suggests dunning notice, enforcement order, garnishment or bailiff assignment based on status, debtor data and prior payments.

**You:** You choose the measure and adjust strategy or grace period.

### 03 — AI step

**AI:** AI fills forms with matter, party, title and claim data and checks required-field plausibility.

**You:** You approve the filing; changes are captured in the audit log.

### 04 — AI step

**AI:** AI monitors service, objection deadlines, partial payments and follow-ups after each measure.

**You:** You receive review-ready escalations instead of raw status lists.

### 05 — AI step

**AI:** AI updates the claims account and client status after every event and prepares billable evidence.

**You:** You decide on settlement, instalments or further enforcement.

> **Lawyer in control:** Enforcement measures are never triggered automatically. Optimaite calculates and prepares; dispatch, strategy and binding declarations remain lawyer decisions.

## Features

- **Claims account with interest** — Principal, ancillary claims, default interest, partial payments and costs are calculated for any cut-off date.
- **Dunning and enforcement-order prep** — Applications are populated from the matter and checked against required fields, amounts and party data.
- **Garnishment and bailiff workflows** — Standard measures are prepared as guided workflows, including attachments and enforcement status.
- **Payment matching** — Bank payments are matched to claims and instalment plans; discrepancies are flagged.
- **Deadlines and follow-ups** — Objection deadlines, service waiting periods and escalations automatically feed the deadline and follow-up stream.

## Optimaite enforcement vs. forms and spreadsheets

| Feature | Optimaite Law | Excel / Formularportal |
|---|---|---|
| Claims account | Automatically updated | Manual spreadsheet |
| Measure status | Pipeline per claim | Matter note or email |
| Form filling | From matter and claims account | Copy and paste |
| Audit | Decision and calculation traceable | Hard to reconstruct |

## FAQs

### Does Optimaite replace the lawyer's enforcement decision?

No. AI calculates, checks plausibility and suggests measures. Whether an application is filed, deferred or settled is decided by the lawyer.

### Can an existing claims account be imported?

Yes. CSV and Excel records can be imported and reconciled against matter, invoice and payment data.

## Related modules
- [Dunning](https://www.optimaite.eu/en/law/mahnwesen)
- [Deadline Control](https://www.optimaite.eu/en/law/fristenkontrolle)
- [Billing & Accounting](https://www.optimaite.eu/en/law/rvg-abrechnung)