Family Law and Practice

Description

1. Introduction to Family Law & Practice

INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE: FAMILY LAW

2. Marriage and Marriage Alternatives

3. Premarital and Post-marital Agreements

4. Divorce, Legal Separation, and Annulment

5. Alimony, Spousal Support, and Maintenance

6. Property and Debt Distribution

7. Child Custody, Visitation, and Rights of Third Parties

8. Child Support

9. Paternity and the Rights and Responsibilities of Unmarried Parents

10. Family Violence and State Intervention

11. Adoption and Surrogacy Contracts

12. The Effect of Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, and Tax Consequences of Dissolving the Family Unit

INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO: FAMILY PRACTICE

13. Family Law Ethics

14. The Client Interview

15. Initial Pleadings: Starting the Process

16. Pendente Lite Motions: Obtaining Temporary Relief

17. Discovery in the Electronic Age

18. Separation Agreements

19. Alternate Dispute Resolution and Trial

20. Post-Judgment Matters and Appeals

Appendix A: Arizona and California Premarital Agreement Acts

Appendix B: Alexander Rodriquez Petition for Dissolution of Marriage

Appendix C: Chris Brown Search Warrant and Affidavit

Appendix D: Bill Maher Palimony Complaint

Appendix E: David Voelkert Criminal Complaint

Appendix F: Guides for Distance Learning and Legal Research

For courses in Family Law in a wide variety of legal studies degree and certificate programs.

Family Law and Practice, Fourth Edition, combines the theoretical and practical aspects of family law, preparing students to enter the workplace thoroughly knowledgeable about both family law and the procedural law requirements of family law practice. An Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint lecture slides, and a Test Bank accompany this text.

Teaching and Learning Experience:

• Comprehensive coverage that links theory, history, and practice.
• Interesting, modern cases that reinforce important connections between theory and application.
• Critical thinking and application of concepts that reinforce knowledge, understanding, and skill development in the area of family law and practice.

Family Law and Practice, Fourth Edition, combines the theoretical and practical aspects of family law, preparing students to enter the workplace thoroughly knowledgeable about both family law and the procedural law requirements of family law practice. An Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint lecture slides, and a Test Bank accompany this text.

Teaching and Learning Experience:

• Comprehensive coverage that links theory, history, and practice.
• Interesting, modern cases that reinforce important connections between theory and application.
• Critical thinking and application of concepts that reinforce knowledge, understanding, and skill development in the area of family law and practice.

For courses in Family Law in a wide variety of legal studies degree and certificate programs.

Family Law and Practice, Fourth Edition, combines the theoretical and practical aspects of family law, preparing students to enter the workplace thoroughly knowledgeable about both family law and the procedural law requirements of family law practice. An Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint lecture slides, and a Test Bank accompany this text.

Teaching and Learning Experience:

• Comprehensive coverage that links theory, history, and practice.
• Interesting, modern cases that reinforce important connections between theory and application.
• Critical thinking and application of concepts that reinforce knowledge, understanding, and skill development in the area of family law and practice.

Comprehensive coverage that links theory, history, and practice:

• New! A new Chapter 12, “The Effect of Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, and Tax Consequences of Dissolving the Family Unit” gives the student a primer on how the areas of foreclosures and bankruptcy intersect with family law and some of the issues professionals need to spot when dealing with clients with financial problems.
• New! A new Chapter 9, “Paternity and the Rights and Responsibilities of Unmarried Parents” helps instructors demonstrate how family law deals with unmarried parents, single mothers, and single fathers and includes a subsection on paternity that acquaints students with the legal remedies available to mothers attempting to establish paternity and obtain support for the children.
• New! A new section on the Electronic Courthouse in Chapter 15, “Initial and Responsive Pleadings” helps prepare students to tackle the nationwide trend toward implementing the electronic filing of documents in family matters and discusses the e-filing process as well as the precautions that must be observed when filing electronically. Protecting privacy in the electronic age is also stressed with sections in the chapter on applying federal and state rules governing the redacting of personal information from electronic records.
• Updated! Chapter 17 has been renamed “Discovery in the Electronic Age”. This chapter helps instructors introduce the topic of e-discovery to students and how it applies in the area of family law.
• Expanded! The section on how social media websites, such as Facebook, are revolutionizing discovery in family law matters has been expanded, as well as the use of spyware and GPS tracking devices and the limitations on the admissibility of such evidence in a court of law.
• Expanded and Updated! An expanded section on the topic of Goodwill in Chapter 6, “Property and Debt Distribution” and an updated section on same sex marriage and current U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Chapter 2, “Marriage and Marriage Alternatives” provide students and instructors with updated and in-depth discussions on these current topics.
• Expanded! Chapter 3, “Premarital and Post-marital Agreements” has been expanded to include a more in-depth discussion of post-marital agreements that will acquaint students with this area of practice and provide instructors more material to cover on the subject.
• Ensures that students understand both family law and the procedural law requirements of family law practice, including documents and information gathering tools.
• Helps students respond successfully to the many demands of a real-world family law practice.
• Provides solid coverage of all procedural aspects of the divorce process and post-judgment matters, examining areas of family practice that represent a majority of a family practitioner’s workload and preparing students to participate successfully in all facets of divorce cases. 

Interesting, modern cases reinforce important connections between theory and application:

• Engages students by presenting high-profile examples with which they may be familiar.
• Case, statute, and form examples from diverse jurisdictions show the variety of family laws used in states throughout the U.S. and help students prepare to practice in any jurisdiction, and understand the diversity of statutes that exist across the country.
• Sample family forms throughout show how to draft typical family-related pleadings such as, complaints, motions, orders, and agreements and give students hands-on practice with the full spectrum of family law documents they will be asked to create in practice.