Domestic Relations

The "must have" book for any single or soon-to-be-single father (or anyone involved with a single father), written by fathers' rights lawyer Anne P. Mitchell. Mitchell is a nationally recognized fathers’ rights attorney and spokesperson, and was one of the first fathers’ rights lawyers in the country. She is the founder of DadsRights.org, and a leading advocate for children of divorce having a strong relationship with both parents, even in a social and legal climate that often seeks to reduce fathers to weekend “visitors”. The advice and information which was once only available to her clients is now available in this straight-forward, plain English, easy-to-read book. In addition to sections on parental alienation, parental kidnapping, and false allegations, Mitchell includes a section on how to shield your children from the fall-out from your divorce so that you can ensure that your children still have a happy, well-adjusted childhood, along with checklists for various issues you may encounter, and a directory of legal organizations and clinics in all 50 states. Please note that this is the 2nd Edition - The 1st Edition, along with reviews, can be seen by searching Amazon for "Surviving Divorce and Custody Issues: The Single Father's Guide".

While divorce is rarely a simple affair, you can make splitting up less hazardous to your financial health. Give yourself a head start with Divorce & Money, the practical guide to evaluating and dividing assets during divorce.

Divorce & Money explains how to determine the real value of marital property—such as houses, businesses, retirement plans and investments—and how to negotiate a settlement. Step-by-step, the book shows you how to:

· decide whether to keep or sell the house

· protect yourself against misuse of joint accounts and credit cards

· avoid tax problems

· handle alimony and child support

· divide debts

· reduce risks to your investments

· avoid hasty decisions that could hurt you financially

· understand how a court evaluates assets and what they’re really worth

· gain financial stability as a single person

The 6th edition includes a new chapter on how to value stock options and insurance policies. It also provides revised worksheets, charts, formulas and tables.

Offering complete and even more concise coverage that includes contemporary issues of debate, Weisberg and Appleton integrate rich interdisciplinary materials with great teaching cases, notes, and problems. Engaging narratives reveal the fascinating background behind the cases and connect students to the impact of the law on people's lives.

Written with sensitivity to issues of gender, race, and class, Modern Family Law, Fourth Edition features:
- Probing coverage that reflects the social diversity of modern families;
- A candid examination of the development of family law in response to the women's movement;
- The children's rights movement;
- The fathers' rights movement;
- Domestic violence;
- Changing sexual mores;
- Nontraditional family forms;
- Developments in reproductive technology;
- Interdisciplinary perspectives throughout the text; balanced coverage of contemporary themes and basic family law; a variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and events; flexible organization adapts to shorter or longer courses.

Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition addresses recent developments in the law, addressing: - Abortion, domestic violence, no-fault divorce reform, parentage, adoption and assisted reproduction;
- Same-sex marriage, civil unions and same-sex divorce;
- Major new cases, such as Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, holding unconstitutional the exclusion of same-sex couples from the right to marry; Gonzales v. Carhart, upholding the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act; Lawrence v. Texas, developments relevant to sexual behavior;
- Recent amendments to FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act).

Now in its Fourth Edition, Weisberg and Appleton's Modern Family Law reflects a progressive and inclusive perspective that recognizes how the diversity of today's families challenge traditional legal concepts and principles.

This one-of-a-kind workbook streamlines the divorce process

This completely unique guide helps anyone —even someone enduring a not-so-easy split—create a complete, accessible record of absolutely everything needed to confidently tackle, organize, and prepare for the legal, emotional, and financial aspects of divorce. Family attorney Brette McWhorter Sember’s The Divorce Planner & Organizer includes:

• Suggestions for selecting an attorney and getting the most legal help for the dollar
• Tips on how to gather and organize information for easy access during legal proceedings
• Advice on required documentation for homes, cars, investments, bank accounts, debts, insurance, and household expenses
• A tracker to record alimony, child support payments, and children’s medical, educational, and athletic expenses
• A personal property inventory and wish list, a budget form, and fill-in contact information lists

Presents an introduction to the complicated areas of family violence, with information on the various dynamics involved in family abuse. The more commonly-discussed topics of family violence are treated from a medical, social and legal perspective.

<p> Ideal for both classroom and clinical settings, <b>Work of the Family Lawyer, Second Edition</b>, offers succinct coverage in an accessible format that encourages the development of skills used in practice. </p> <p> <b>Work of the Family Lawyer takes a focused approach that includes: </b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>concise and accessible introductions </b> </li> <li> <b>tightly edited cases </b> </li> <li> <b>student-friendly problems and questions</b> that promote in-class learning </li> <li> <b>a flexible organization</b>, based on issues commonly confronting a family law practitioner, that can easily adapt to a variety of teaching approaches </li> <li> <b>a consistent and sensible chapter structure:</b> <ul> <li> a brief introduction </li> <li> case orientation </li> <li> carefully edited and focused cases </li> <li> discussion questions </li> <li> summary of context and principles </li> <li> review problems </li> </ul> </li> <li> mediation and professional responsibility coverage that illuminates the lawyer’s role as a problem solver and counselor </li> <li> a detailed Teacher’s Manual that discusses and explains cases, questions, and problems, and which also provides Sample Syllabi </li> <li> Author website: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/oliphant_versteegh2"> www.aspenlawschool.com/oliphant_versteegh2</a> that offers: <ul> <li> PowerPoint slides </li> <li> Quizzes </li> <li> Updates and supplemental material </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> <b>What’s new in the thoughtful revision of the Second Edition: </b> </p> <ul> <li> major U.S. Supreme Court decisions and recent state decisions including: <ul> <li> <i>Goodridge v. Department Of Public Health </i> </li> <li> <i>Lofton v. Secretary of Dept. of Children and Family Services </i> </li> <li> <i>Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales </i> </li> <li> <i>Whorton v. Dillingham III </i> </li> <li> <i>Nicholson v. Scoppetta </i> </li> <li> <i>Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey </i> </li> <li> <i>Stenberg v. Carhart </i> </li> <li> <i>Bartsch v. Bartsch </i> </li> <li> <i>In Re Marriage of Hansen </i> </li> <li> <i>Roe v. Wade</i> </li> </ul> </li> <li> new chapters on <b>marriage requirements and grounds for divorce</b> and the issues and law surrounding <b>abortion</b> </li> <li> discussion of <b>non-adversarial forms of practice</b>, such as mediation and collaborative law, reflecting its increased use </li> <li> a survey of <b>the new roles of the family law professional</b> </li> <li> <b>a more streamlined organization</b>—26 chapters, down from 32 </li> <li> <b>hypothetical problems</b> that relate chapter topics to<b> a variety of family structures</b> </li> <li> the addition of <b>interdisciplinary material </b>from the social sciences </li> </ul> <p> Honed to a fine point, this family law casebook is the perfect teaching tool—adapting to your students’ needs and to your preferences as you create your syllabus. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

The most famous fictional trial in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode that occurs in chapter 33 of The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) by Charles Dickens [1812-1870]. Here the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in this widely-loved novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. Those interested in law will find the text of this trial highly enjoyable, and the notes and commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald interesting and informative.

As part of the University Casebook Series, this casebook reflects a changing society's legal needs. It discusses a number of provisions from the California Family Code and new statutes. The book's notes include San Francisco's domestic partnership agreement and Hawaii's current approach(es) to same-sex marriage. Other topics and cases include informal marriage, grandparent visitation rights, international custody disputes, ERISA preemption (Boggs v. Boggs), property settlement agreements, and policy on posthumous use of frozen semen.