Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce - Emily Doskow [2]
If One Parent Wants to Move Away ............................................................................195
Drug and Alcohol Abuse ....................................................................................................197
Child Support
Who Pays Support? ...............................................................................................................202
Temporary Support While the Divorce Is Pending ..............................................203
Working It Out Yourselves ................................................................................................203
How Courts Decide Support Amounts .....................................................................205
Estimating Child Support in Your Family ..................................................................208
How Support Is Paid Each Month .................................................................................212
If You're the Recipient: Enforcing Child Support Orders ..................................215
If You're the Paying Spouse ...............................................................................................218
How Long Support Lasts ....................................................................................................220
If Circumstances Change ...................................................................................................222
Taxes and Your Children ....................................................................................................224
Health Insurance ....................................................................................................................227
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Basics of Marital Property
Taking Inventory .....................................................................................................................230
What Property Gets Divided ...........................................................................................231
Identifying Community Property ..................................................................................233
Getting Financial Information .........................................................................................234
Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets? .........................................................................................236
Yours, Mine, and Uncle Sam's: Dividing Property
You're in Control .................................................................................................................... 241
How Judges Divide Property ............................................................................................242
What to Do With the House ...........................................................................................247
Dividing Your Other Assets ..............................................................................................256
What to Do With a Family Business ............................................................................263
Dividing Debt ...........................................................................................................................268
Tax Consequences of How You Divide Property ..................................................271
Retirement Benefits .............................................................................................................. 274
Money Now and Later .........................................................................................................281
Spousal Support and Health Insurance
Types of Spousal Support and How Long They Last ...........................................286
How Courts Set the Amount of Support ..................................................................288
Negotiating Support With Your Spouse ....................................................................291
Planning for Possible Disability or Death of the Supporting Spouse.........295
Changing the Amount of Spousal Support Later .................................................296