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Emanuel Law Outlines for Family Law
Publication Date: 2021
Includes both capsule and detailed outline-format explanations and discussions of the critical issues, key topics, and cases.
Understanding Family Law by John DeWitt Gregory; Peter Nash Swisher; Robin Fretwell Wilson
Publication Date: 2013
This study aid offers students an overview of basic topics and issues in family law. Arranged in outline format, this title provides chapters on the following subjects: marriage and marriage alternatives, property and support rights during marriage, marital contracts and agreements, procreation, adoption, divorce grounds and defenses, spousal and child support on divorce, equitable distribution of property, and child custody and visitation.
Family Law in a Nutshell
Publication Date: 2022
Few areas of law practice cover as many issues as family law. The subject embraces marriage and divorce, annulment, custody of children, spousal and child support, complex property issues, paternity, domestic violence, adoption, and alternative means of reproduction.
Family Law
Publication Date: 2009
This outline summarizes the black letter rules of family law, allowing students to understand how their course materials fit together.
Family Law in Perspective
ISBN: 9781636590691
Publication Date: 2021
Provides students, practitioners, and observers with insight into, among other topics, nonmarital cohabitation, establishment of paternity, premarital and marital contracting, assisted reproductive technology, marriage, and divorce.

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Child Custody and Visitation
Child Custody Practice & Procedure
Children & the Law: Rights & Obligations
Determining Child & Spousal Support by Marian F. Dobbs This treatise provides the basic tools for support determination for both children and spouses. It includes a state-by-state table of rules and laws, as well as forms. It is updated annually.
Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure
Drafting Prenuptial Agreements
Family Law and Practice by Arnold H. Rutkin, ed This multi-volume treatise is national in scope and practice-oriented, providing guidance for every stage of a family law proceeding from initial client contact through modification and enforcement. Some of the topics covered in this comprehensive, up-to-date work include: strategy, temporary relief, child custody, including the latest cases on joint vs. sole custody, valuation and distribution of property upon dissolution of marriage, child support, spousal support, domestic violence, divorce, support and benefits relevant to military families, Paternity proceedings, Adoption and more.
Forms from Family Law Litigation Guide with Forms: Discovery, Evidence, Trial Practice
The Law of Adoption
Legal Rights of Children
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Family Law
Lindey and Parley on Separation Agreements and Antenuptial Contracts, Second Edition
Marital Property Law
Modern Child Custody Practice Treats the human dynamics as well as the legal aspects of child custody and support cases Analyzes each step of the custody proceeding, from the first client interview through the appeals process Describes how to most effectively use--or rebut--the testimony of mental health professionals Explains when joint or split custody is a viable alternative Thoroughly discusses visitation by the noncustodial parent, grandparents and stepparents.
Valuation and Distribution of Marital Property
Valuation of Divorce Assets

For more texts & treatises, consult Westlaw and Lexis' collections of family law secondary sources, in addition to the law library's catalog.

Relevant subject headings from our catalog include:

Adoption -- Law and legislation -- United States
Alimony -- United States
Child support -- Law and legislation -- United States
Domestic relations -- United States
Marital property -- United States
Marriage law -- United States

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