Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce - Emily Doskow [185]
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You may also want to look up information in a legal encyclopediathe two major national ones are called the ALR and Am Jur. You can search the index by subject for example, custody or visitation-and then review brief summaries of cases on that subject. If you find cases from your state, you can look them up as explained above.
It's very likely that your state has practice manuals and form books related to family law. Ask the law librarian to show you where they are and give you a crash course in how to use them.
Online Legal Research
Most of the websites listed in "Getting Divorce Information and Forms," above, have links to legal research websites, and the list includes general legal research websites like www.nolo.com, www.alllaw.com, and www .justia.com. To get your state's laws, you can also go to www.totaldivorce .com, where the divorce laws are separated out from other state laws and presented in an easy-to-review format.
If you want to learn more. Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, by Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind (Nolo), explains in detail how to find legal information and resources and can help you find your way around the law library and the Internet.
All of these resources, along with everything else you've learned here, should help you take charge of your divorce and prepare for your future. Good luck.
Grounds for Divorce ....................................................................................................................436
Financial Inventory ....................................................................................................................... 438
Net Worth Summary ..................................................................................................................440
Monthly Income ............................................................................................................................441
Daily Expenses ................................................................................................................................443
Monthly Budget .............................................................................................................................444
Grounds for Divorce
Grounds for Divorce (continued)
1 No-fault divorce will be denied if one party contests ground of incompatibility.
2 May be reduced to six months if there are no minor children.
Financial Inventory (as of
Financial Inventory (continued)
Financial Inventory (continued)
Net Worth Summary
Monthly Income
Monthly Income (continued)
Daily Expenses
Monthly Budget
Monthly Budget (continued)
Monthly Budget (continued)
Monthly Budget (continued)
Emily Doskow is a practicing attorney and mediator who has been working with families in the Bay Area for more than 15 years, as well as an author and editor for Nolo. She specializes in family law, including adoption, parentage issues, domestic partnership formation and dissolution, and divorce. She is a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and currently resides in Oakland.
Table of Contents
Taking the High Road ...............................................................................
Separation or Divorce?
Annulment ..........................................................................................
Family Court .......................................................................................
Property, Custody, and Support
Getting Help From Experts ..........................................................................
Breaking the News
Where Will Everyone Live?
Gathering Financial Information ....................................................................
Managing Your Family's Money .......................................................................
Getting Legal and Other Professional Help Early
Basics of the Uncontested Divorce ..................................................................