The No-fault Divorce Toolkit: The Ultimate Guide to Obtaining a Divorce

by Sitarz, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781892949356
• ISBN10: 1892949350
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-30
• Publisher: Nova Pub Co

Summary

This best-selling legal guide, the first and foremost national legal guide to divorce, will help you and your spouse untangle the legal complexities of divorce in a clear, step-by-step manner. Prompted by understandable instructions and using detailed questionnaires, checklists, worksheets and forms, you will be shown how to prepare a legally-valid divorce settlement agreement and then use that agreement to obtain a no-fault divorce. This easy-to-understand guidebook also contains an explanation of the pertinent divorce laws in all 50 states and Washington D.C. State-specific divorce forms are included on the enclosed CD.

Author Biography

Daniel Sitarz is an experienced attorney and critically-acclaimed author of numerous books on consumer legal issues, including Divorce Laws of the United States and Divorce Agreements Simplified. His popular books have been praised by CNN, Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and many others.

Table of Contents

Introduction To No-Fault Divorce Toolkit	p. 8
Instructions for Using Forms-on-CD	p. 10
Understanding Divorce Law	p. 14
What Is No-fault Divorce?	p. 15
The Division of Marital Property	p. 16
Alimony and Maintenance	p. 17
Child Custody	p. 18
Child Support	p. 19
Divorce in General	p. 19
Divorce by Agreement	p. 21
Can You Do Your Own Divorce?	p. 22
How to Use This Book	p. 25
Mediation	p. 26
General Notes Concerning Terminology	p. 28
Preliminary Matters	p. 29
Preliminary Matters	p. 29
Preliminary Questionnaire	p. 33
Document Checklist	p. 35
Where Can You File For Divorce	p. 37
What Will Be the Grounds for Your Divorce?	p. 39
Tax Consequences of Divorce	p. 40
Property Transfers	p. 41
Alimony	p. 42
Child Support and Custody	p. 43
Marital Settlement Agreement Instructions	p. 45
Sample Marital Settlement Agreement	p. 49
Property Division	p. 58
Property Questionnaire	p. 60
The Law of Marital Property Division	p. 78
Community Property States	p. 79
Separate Property	p. 79
Community Property	p. 81
Equitable Distribution States	p. 82
Factors for Consideration in Property Divisions	p. 85
Considerations Regarding Specific Property	p. 88
The Family Home	p. 88
Retirement and Pension Plans	p. 90
Stock-option or Profit-sharing Plans	p. 91
Social Security Benefits	p. 92
Military and Federal Pensions and Benefits	p. 92
Cars and Other Vehicles	p. 93
Educational Degrees	p. 93
Property Division Worksheet Instructions	p. 94
Property Division Worksheet	p. 96
Property and Bills Division Marital Settlement Agreement Clauses	p. 100
Financial Statement Instructions	p. 101
Financial Statement	p. 103
Alimony, Maintenance, and Spousal Support	p. 107
Alimony Questionnaire Instructions	p. 107
Alimony Questionnaire	p. 109
The Law of Alimony	p. 112
Factors for Consideration	p. 114
Alimony Marital Settlement Agreement Clauses	p. 116
Child Custody and Visitation	p. 119
Child Custody Questionnaire Instructions	p. 120
Child Custody Questionnaire	p. 121
The Law of Child Custody and Visitation	p. 130
Types of Custody Arrangements	p. 132
Visitation	p. 134
Modification of Custody and Visitation Terms	p. 135
Factors for Consideration	p. 137
The Child's Bill of Rights	p. 139
Child Custody Jurisdiction	p. 140
Custody and Visitation Worksheet Instructions	p. 141
Custody and Visitation Worksheet	p. 142
Child Custody and Visitation Marital Settlement Agreement Clauses	p. 144
Child Support	p. 149
The Law of Child Support	p. 150
Factors for Consideration	p. 152
Enforcement and Modification of Child Support	p. 153
General Child Support Guidelines	p. 154
Child Support Worksheet and Child Support Guidelines Instructions	p. 156
Child Support Worksheet	p. 158
Child Support Guideline Chart	p. 160
Child Support Marital Settlement Agreement Clauses	p. 162
Marital Settlement Agreement	p. 165
Marital Settlement Agreement Form	p. 166
Completing Your Marital Settlement Agreement	p. 175
Preparing Your Marital Settlement Agreement	p. 175
After Signing Your Marital Settlement Agreement	p. 178
Preparing Your Divorce Papers	p. 179
Steps in the Divorce Process	p. 179
General Considerations	p. 180
The Necessary Documents	p. 182
The Petition or Complaint Instructions	p. 184
The Petition or Complaint Form	p. 188
Appearance, Consent, and Waiver Instructions	p. 191
Appearance, Consent, and Waiver Form	p. 193
Child Custody Jurisdiction Form Instructions	p. 194
Child Custody Jurisdiction Form	p. 195
Final Judgement or Decree Instructions	p. 196
Final Judgement or Decree Form	p. 198
Certificate of Divorce or Dissolution of Marriage Instructions	p. 200
Sample Certificate of Divorce or Dissolution of Marriage	p. 200
Instructions for Signing and Filling the Documents	p. 201
Sample Divorce Forms	p. 203
Petition for Divorce	p. 204
Appearance, Consent, and Waiver	p. 207
Declaration Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act	p. 209
Final Judgement of Divorce	p. 212
Appearing In Court	p. 214
General Court Appearance Rules	p. 215
Court Testimony Worksheet Instructions	p. 217
Sample Testimony Worksheet	p. 220
After Your Divorce	p. 224
Final Divorce Checklist	p. 225
Post-Divorce Legal Problems	p. 228
Enforcement of Child Support	p. 228
Enforcement of Alimony	p. 230
Enforcement of Custody and Visitation	p. 230
Domestic Violence	p. 231
Modification of Support and Custody Provisions	p. 231
	p. 233
Glossary of Legal Terms	p. 374
Index	p. 379
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