FAMILY LAW: THE ESSENTIALS, Third Edition, provides a concise, accurate introduction to key legal concepts and practical paralegal skills, along with excerpts from real-world cases, forms and checklists you can apply on the job, and tips and techniques for professional success. The Third Edition includes new and updated material on current trends and topics in this dynamic field, including legal ethics, technology, domestic violence, fertility and reproductive science, stem cell research, adoption, domestic partnerships, same-sex marriage, and changing definitions of family. Supported by a full range of available learning supplements, this trusted guide is an ideal resource for formal courses or self-study, and a reliable reference for practicing paralegals. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
This compendium of practical advice is gathered from family law professionals, including lawyers, judges, CPAs, and psychologists, who share their real-world experience in a concise chapter.
THIS BOOK has it all - the most important California family law cases, family law codes and California Rules of Court. THIS COMPREHENSIVE CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW BOOK IS THE BOOK TO BUY TO LEARN ABOUT CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW.
'A vivid, gorgeously garish, Technicolour portrait of a family. It's impossible not to let oneself go along for the ride and emerge at the book's end enlightened, touched, thrilling with laughter.
This book examines the present state of family law in America. This third edition captures recent developments, including the transformation of the institution of marriage to encompass same-sex marriage.
A book about family law is necessarily a book both about family life and the role law can and should take in regulating family life. Individually and together, these are vast topics.
What all four leave out is Murphy Brown — the economically self - sufficient mature adult who can realistically choose to raise a child on her own . Nevertheless , all four would reject her . Only Fineman's inferred rejection is ...
Illinois Practice of Family Law
260, 261 Carlson v. Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 Carnes v. Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Carney v. Hansell . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Carney, In re Marriage of . . . . . . . . . . . . 902, 903; 966 Carolyn B., ...
This book is the first of its kind to propose a new 'parent-partner' status within family law. Included are a detailed discussion of the benefits of the status as well as specific recommendations for legal obligations.
New to the Ninth Edition: With this ninth edition, the authors of California Family Law introduce hypothetical essay questions to help students test their understanding of each chapter's central concepts.