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Florida Family Law

Comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of every aspect of Florida family law, combining in-depth treatise discussion with practice guides and forms.


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Publisher :Matthew Bender
Format: 5 volumes, looseleaf, updated semi-annually , BOOK
ISBN: 9780820515137
  $919.00
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    NEW 2006 Edition! This comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of Florida family law combines in-depth discussion with practice guides, forms and consultant Brenda Abrams’ own analysis of marriage-related agreements and sample forms. Each chapter is written or reviewed by an experienced Florida attorney who provides analysis of the law, together with numerous cases, forms, and other practical illustrations to cover such areas as:

  • Marital relationships
  • Torts and family relationships
  • Domestic violence
  • Marital property
  • Dissolution of marriage
  • Enforcement and modification of decrees
  • Parent-child relationships
  • Military benefit issues
  • Bankruptcy and family relationships
  • Tax aspects of family transactions and litigation, reflecting the most current tax legislation
  • Adoption, cohabitation and paternity
  • Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
  • The legal effects of death on the family

    First published in 1986.

    Also available on the following CD-ROM products: Florida Family Law Package, Florida Library

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    • Division I MARRIAGE
    Ch 1 Nature and Effects of Marriage
    Ch 2 Validity of Marriage
    Ch 3 Cohabitation
    Ch 4 Separate Maintenance
    Chs 5-9 [reserved]
    Division II TORTS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
    Ch 10 Suits By and Against Third Parties
    Ch 11 Intrafamily Suits
    Ch 12 Domestic Violence
    Chs 13-19 [reserved]
    Division III MARITAL PROPERTY
    Ch 20 Prenuptial Agreements
    Ch 21 Transactions Between Spouses
    Ch 22 Postnuptial Agreements - NEW CHAPTER!
    Chs 23-29 [reserved]
    Division IV DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
    Ch 30 Grounds for Dissolution
    Ch 31 Alimony
    Ch 32 Shared Parental Responsibility and Visitation
    Ch 33 Child Support
    Ch 34 Equitable Distribution
    Ch 35 Right of Exclusive Occupancy
    Ch 36 Partition
    Ch 37 Attorneys' Fees and Costs
    Ch 38 Tax Effects of Dissolution
    Chs 39-49 [reserved]
    Ch 50 Representing Clients in Dissolution Cases
    Ch 50A Representing Military Dependents
    Ch 51 Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction
    Ch 52 Venue and Transfers
    Ch 53 Pleadings
    Ch 54 Temporary Relief
    Ch 55 Mediation
    Ch 56 Marital Settlement Agreements
    Ch 57 Financial Disclosure
    Ch 58 Trial Preparation and Discovery
    Ch 59 Analyzing Economic and Valuation Issues
    Ch 60 Trial, Expert Witnesses, and Masters
    Ch 61 Judgments and Decrees
    Ch 62 Appeals
    Chs 63-69 [reserved]
    Ch 70 Enforcement of Alimony and Child Support
    Ch 71 Enforcement of Shared Parental Responsibility and Visitation
    Ch 72 Enforcement of Property Awards
    Ch 73 Enforcement of Foreign Property & Support Judgments
    Ch 74 Interstate Child Custody
    Chs 75-79 [Reserved]
    Ch 80 Modification of Alimony
    Ch 81 Modification of Shared Parental Responsibility and Visitation
    Ch 82 Modification of Child Support
    Chs 83-89 [reserved]
    Division V PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
    Ch 90 Paternity
    Ch 91 Adoption
    Ch 92 Non-parental Custody
    Chs 93-100 [reserved]
    Division VI OTHER PROCEDURES
    Ch 101 Disabilities of Minority
    Ch 102 Change of Name
    Ch 103 Bankruptcy
    FEATURES
    Table of Cases
    Table of Forms
    Index

     

    Brenda M. Abrams


    Ms. Abrams graduated cum laude from the University of Miami Law School, began her practice in 1971 and has specialized in family law since 1976, practicing in South Florida. She has been Board Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a matrimonial lawyer from 1986 through 2002, is a certified Mediator in family law and a certified Matrimonial Arbitrator. She is a fellow of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys and has served in that organization on the Board of Managers and as chair of the Amicus Committee. She is a member of the American Law Institute. Brenda Abrams has been listed in Best Lawyers in America from 1987 through the present.

    Brenda Abrams has lectured extensively in the area of Family Law, including seminars and symposiums on behalf of the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning and Taxation, the Institute presented by the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys, the Circuit Judges' Conference and on the Internet. All seminars and symposiums were Florida Bar approved and provided continuing legal education credit.

    Ms. Abrams is Past Chair of the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, and has served as Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer and Executive Council member. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law for more than 10 years and at Nova Law School, teaching courses on Family Law Litigation and Collection of Judgments.

    Brenda Abrams is Independent Counsel to Hodgson Russ LLP, a national law firm, and practices family law and mediation in South Florida.

     

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