عنوان

Nolo's essential guide to divorce /

1413304524

9781413304527

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Nolo's essential guide to divorce /

[Book]

Emily Doskow.

1st ed.

Berkeley, CA :

Nolo,

2006.

[8], 400 pages :

illustrations ;

23 cm

Includes index.

Volume for 4th ed.- cataloged as a serial in LC.

Introduction: Your divorce companion -- 1. Getting Oriented: Taking the High Road ; Separation or Divorce? ; Annulment ; Family Court ; Kinds of Divorces ; Property, Custody, and Support ; Getting Help from Experts -- 2. First Steps After You Decide to Divorce: Breaking the New s ; Where Will Everyone Live? ; Gathering Financial Information ; Managing Your Family's Money ; Getting Legal and Other Professional Help Early ; Taking Care of Yourself -- 3. When You Can Agree: Uncontested Divorce: Basics of the Uncontested Divorce ; Summary Dissolution for Short-Term Marriages ; Default Divorce ; Preparing and Filing Legal Papers ; How the Other Spouse Can Respond ; Negotiating a Settlement and Preparing a Marital Settlement Agreement ; Finalizing Your Uncontested Divorce -- 4. Working It Out: Divorce Mediation: Why Divorce Mediation Works ; What Does Mediation Cost? ; Is Mediation Right for You? ; Suggesting Mediation to Your Spouse ; Choosing a Mediator ; Choosing and Working With a Lawyer ; The Mediation Process ; How to Make Your Mediation a Success ; After the Mediation, the Paperwork ; If Mediation Doesn't Work -- 5. When You Can't Agree: Contested Divorce and Trial: Finding the Right Lawyer ; Paying the Lawyer ; Is Fault a Factor? ; Getting Started 1 ; Gathering Information for Trial: Disclosures, Discovery, and Digging ; Up Dirt ; Settle, Settle, Settle! ; The Pretrial Conference ; Anatomy of a Divorce Trial ; After the Trial -- 6. Custody Decisions and Parenting: Physical and Legal Custody ; The High Road: Agreeing With Your Spouse on a Parenting Plan ; Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce ; Making Shared Parenting Work ; Trying to Get Along With Your Ex ; When It Comes to Divorce, Grownups Are Kids, Too -- 7. Custody Disputes: The Low Road: Fighting It Out in Court ; How Courts Handle Custody Disputes ; If the Custodial Spouse Interferes with Visitation ; If One Parent Wants to Move Away ; Drug and Alcohol Abuse -- 8. Child Support: Who Pays Support? ; Temporary Support While the Divorce Is Pending ; Working It Out Yourselves ; How Courts Decide Support Amounts ; Estimating Child Support in Your Family ; How Support Is Paid Each Month ; If You're the Recipient: Enforcing Child Support Orders ; If You're the Paying Spouse ; How Long Support Lasts ; If Circumstances Change ; Taxes and Your Children ; Health Insurance -- 9. Yours, Mine, and Ours: Basics of Marital Property: Taking Inventory ; What Property Gets Divided ; Identifying Community Property ; Getting Financial Information ; Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets? -- 10. Yours, Mine, and Uncle Sam's: Dividing Property: You're in Control ; How Judges Divide Property ; What to Do With the House ; Dividing Your Other Assets ; What to Do With a Family Business ; Dividing Debt ; Tax Consequences of How You Divide Property ; Retirement Benefits ; Money Now and Later -- 11. Spousal Support and Health Insurance: Types of Spousal Support and How Long They Last ; How Courts Set the Amount of Support ; Negotiating Support With Your Spouse ; Planning for Disability or Death of the Supporting Spouse ; Changing the Amount of Spousal Support Later ; Tax Planning When You Pay or Receive Support ; Keeping Health Insurance in Force -- 12. Getting It in Writing: Preparing Your Marital Settlement Agreement: What It Is, What It Does ; Creating the Agreement ; Negotiations ; Doing the Math ; Consulting a Lawyer ; Completing the Paperwork -- 13. Critical Care: When Things Really Go Wrong: Domestic Violence ; Child Abuse ; Kidnapping ; Bankruptcy -- 14. After the Divorce: You're Not Done Yet: Ten Post-Divorce Tasks You Can't Ignore ; The Kid Connection ; Modifying Spousal Support ; Your Right to Social Security ; Dating and New Relationships ; Hope Springs Eternal: Remarriage -- 15. Getting Help and Helping Yourself ; Getting Help, Finding Information, and Looking Stuff Up: More Great Books ; Getting Divorce Information and Forms ; Negotiating Help ; Financial Advice ; Document Preparation Services ; Legal Advice ; Other Ways to Look Things Up -- Appendix: Grounds for Divorce ; Financial Inventory ; Net Worth Summary ; Monthly income ; Daily Expenses ; Monthly Budget.

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Offers practical advice to help people through the divorce process.

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