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California Family Law Practice and Procedure, 2nd Edition

California Family Law Practice and Procedure, 2nd Edition

This authoritative treatise gives family law practitioners comprehensive coverage of all contemporary family law areas.


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Publisher :Matthew Bender
Format: 6 Volumes; Loose-leaf; updated semi-annually , BOOK

ISBN: 9780820511795

 
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    This complete, up-to-date reference gives family law practitioners comprehensive coverage of all contemporary family law areas. Here is an authoritative treatise that guides practitioners through all of the procedural and substantive law arising in cases of dissolution, adoption, and many other areas. California Family Law Practice and Procedure (2nd) includes helpful practice tips by noted family law practitioners, as well as a panel of eminent family law judges.

    Step-by-step guidance includes:

  • A complete volume (including forms) on how to draft marital settlement agreements, as well as contracts between intended spouses, cohabitants, and more
  • How to handle custody cases, including custody and visitation rights of grandparents, surrogacy birth arrangements, and the standards applicable to 'move away' cases
  • Complete coverage of child support, including a detailed discussion of how to compute child support under the statewide uniform child support guideline
  • Valuing and dividing vested and unvested pension rights and other public and private benefits on dissolution
  • How and when to bifurcate a trial
  • Community and separate property issues, including the latest law relating to tort liability
  • Paternity issues, including determination by DNA testing
  • How to enforce foreign judgments
  • Coverage of the property rights of unmarried cohabitants
  • Full discussion of the tax effects of dissolution

    First published in 1978.

    Also available on LexisNexis CD California Law and Practice Library CD-ROM.

    • Chapter 1 Legal Effects of Cohabitation
    Chapter 2 Enforcement of Rights Under Cohabitation Agreements
    Chapter 3 California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act
    Chapters 4-9 [Reserved]
    Chapter 10 Validity and Legal Effects of Marriage
    Chapter 11 Putative Marriage
    Chapter 12 Nullity of Marriage
    Chapters 13-19 [Reserved]
    Chapter 20 Community Property: General Characterization and Division Principles
    Chapter 21 Special Property Characterization and Division Issues
    Chapter 22 Valuation of Property Interests
    Chapter 23 Debt Liability and Division and Related Reimbursement Issues
    Chapter 24 Management and Control of Property
    Chapter 25 Succession to Marital Property
    Chapters 26-29 [Reserved]
    Chapter 30 The Parent-Child Relationship
    Chapter 31 Establishing Parentage
    Chapter 32 Jurisdiction to Determine Custody and Visitation
    Chapter 33 Custody and Visitation Orders
    Chapter 34 Establishing Guardianship
    Chapter 35 Modification of Custody Orders and Change of Child's Residence
    Chapters 36-39 [Reserved]
    Chapter 40 Duty to Support Children and Jurisdiction to Order Support
    Chapter 41 Child Support Orders
    Chapter 42 Modification of Child Support Orders
    Chapters 43-49 [Reserved]
    Chapter 50 Duty to Support Spouse
    Chapter 51 Spousal Support Orders
    Chapter 52 Modification and Termination of Spousal Support Orders
    Chapters 53-59 [Reserved]
    Chapter 60 Professional Responsibility of Family Law Attorneys
    Chapter 61 Attorney Fee Agreements
    Chapter 62 Awards of Attorney's Fees in Family Law Proceedings
    Chapter 63 Terminating the Attorney-Client Relationship
    Chapters 64-89 [Reserved]
    Chapter 90 Grounds for Dissolution and Legal Separation, and Jurisdictional Issues
    Chapter 91 Initial Client Contact
    Chapter 92 Petitioning for Dissolution or Legal Separation
    Chapter 93 Responding to the Petition
    Chapter 94 Joinder of Parties
    Chapter 95 Procedures for Temporary Orders and Relief
    Chapter 96 Injunctive Relief Against Domestic Violence
    Chapter 97NS Uncontested Proceedings and Summary Dissolution
    Chapter 97 Uncontested Proceedings and Summary Dissolution
    Chapter 98 Private Mediation and Reconciliation Proceedings
    Chapters 99-109 [Reserved]
    Chapter 110 Trial Preparation and Discovery
    Chapter 111 Pretrial Procedures
    Chapters 112-119 [Reserved]
    Chapter 120 Dismissal of Proceedings
    Chapter 121 Statement of Decision
    Chapter 122 Judgment of Dissolution or Legal Separation
    Chapters 123-129 [Reserved]
    Chapter 130 Procedures for Modification of Judgments and Orders
    Chapter 131NS Relief From Judgments and Orders at Trial-Court Level
    Chapter 131 Relief From Judgments and Orders at Trial-Court Level
    Chapter 132 Appeals and Extraordinary Writs
    Chapters 133-139 [Reserved]
    Chapter 140 General Enforcement Principles and Remedies
    Chapter 141 Special Remedies for Enforcement of Support
    Chapter 142 Special Remedies for Enforcement of Custody and Visitation Orders
    Chapters 143-149 [Reserved]
    Chapter 150 Recognition and Validity of Foreign Judgments
    Chapter 151 Establishment, Enforcement, and Modification of Foreign Judgments
    Chapters 152-159 [Reserved]
    Chapter 160 Tax Effects of Dissolution
    Chapters 161-169 [Reserved]
    Chapter 170 Nature and Effect of Adoption
    Chapter 171 Termination of Parental Rights
    Chapter 172 Adoption of Unmarried Minors
    Chapter 173 Adoption of Adults and Married Minors
    Chapter 174 Amendment and Inspection of Adoption Records
    Chapter 175 Attacking Adoption Decrees
    Chapter 176 Indian Child Welfare Act
    Chapters 177-199 [Reserved]
    Chapter 200 Nonmarital Cohabitation Agreements
    Chapter 201 Premarital Agreements
    Chapters 202-209 [Reserved]
    Chapter 210 Postnuptial Agreements
    Chapter 211 Complete Marital Settlement Agreements
    Chapter 212 General Property Provisions in Marital Settlement Agreements
    Chapter 213 Employee Benefits Provisions in Marital Settlement Agreements
    Chapter 214 Spousal and Child Support Provisions in Marital Settlement Agreements
    Chapter 215 Custody and Visitation Provisions for Marital Settlement Agreements
    Chapter 216 Income Tax, Attorney's Fees, and Related Provisions in Marital Settlement Agreements

     

     

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