Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support

  1. 385 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support

About this book

Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need

When you’re getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for yourself and your children if you work with the other parent to agree on a custody plan and child support. If you can’t resolve these issues, you’ll have to head to court and ask a judge to decide for you.

Either way, Nolo’s Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support can help. You’ll learn how to:

  • negotiate and use mediation to keep costs down and improve future dealings with your ex
  • find your state’s child support guidelines
  • advocate for the custody arrangements you want
  • enforce and change custody and support orders
  • anticipate how your case will be handled by a judge if you go to trial
  • recognize the situations where you need a lawyer, and
  • work with a lawyer.

You’ll also find information on subjects such as the factors judges consider when they rule on custody arrangements, and what happens when one parent wants to move away with the children.

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Information

Publisher
NOLO
Year
2026
Print ISBN
9781413333503
Edition
7
eBook ISBN
9781413333510
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Family Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction: Your Child Custody and Support Companion
  6. 1. Basics of Divorce
  7. 2. Basics of Child Custody
  8. 3. Basics of Child Support
  9. 4. When You Decide to Divorce: The First Month
  10. 5. Avoiding a Custody or Support Trial: Alternatives to Court
  11. 6. Dealing With the Court: Paperwork and Court Hearings
  12. 7. Going to Trial
  13. 8. Custody Orders: Living With, Enforcing, and Changing Them
  14. 9. Child Support Orders: Living With, Enforcing, and Changing Them
  15. 10. Worst-Case Scenarios: Kidnapping, Abuse, and Interference With Custody
  16. 11. Custody and Support in Military Families
  17. 12. The Law: How to Work With a Lawyer and Do Your Own Legal Research
  18. Appendix: 50-State Charts
  19. Index
  20. Book Registration

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