
This book is available to read until 23rd December, 2025
- 504 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Your Divorce Companion
- 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
- Book Registration
- Additional Divorce & Family Law Resources at Nolo.com