Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

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Divorce guidance you can count on

Divorce is never easy, but with the information in Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce, you can make the process as simple, inexpensive, and conflict-free as possible.

With compassion and expertise, family law attorney Emily Doskow explains how to make divorce less painful by helping you:

  • minimize day-to-day conflict with your spouse
  • work with lawyers or mediators without breaking the bank
  • avoid costly, exhausting court battles, and
  • stay calm and make good decisions.

You’ll learn about your legal rights and options for resolving tough divorce-related issues, including:

  • child support and custody
  • alimony
  • property division, and
  • drafting a marital settlement agreement.

The 9th edition is completely updated to cover parenting and financial issues related to the COVID pandemic.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781413329773

Media Type: Paperback(Ninth Edition)

Publisher: NOLO

Publication Date: 05-31-2022

Pages: 528

Product Dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Emily Doskow is a practicing attorney and mediator who has worked with families in the Bay Area for more than 22 years. 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. She is the author of Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce and coauthor of A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Getting Oriented 2. First Steps After You Decide to Divorce 3. When You Can Agree: Uncontested Divorce 4. Working It Out: Divorce Mediation 5. When You Can't Agree: Contested Divorce and Trial 6. Custody Decisions and Parenting 7. Custody Disputes 8. Child Support 9. Yours, Mine, and Ours: Basics of Marital Property 10. Yours, Mine, and Uncle Sam's: Dividing Property 11. Spousal Support and Health Insurance 12. Military Divorce: Special Issues 13. Getting It in Writing: Preparing Your Marital Settlement Agreement 14. Critical Care: When Things Really Go Wrong 15. After the Divorce 16. Getting Help, Finding Information, and Looking Stuff Up Appendix Index

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