Marriage and divorce
By: by Margaret C. Jasper.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Oceana's legal almanac series.
Publisher: Oceana Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Marriage law -- United states -- Popular works; Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1:; title: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; title: EARLY ROMAN LAW; title: CANON LAW; title: Ecclesiastical Law; title: Lord Hardwicke's Act; title: COLONIAL LAW; title: CHAPTER 2:; title: PRESENT-DAY MARRIAGE LAW; title: IN GENERAL; title: CEREMONIAL MARRIAGE; title: COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE; title: PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS; title: Disclosure Requirement; title: Maintenance and Support Provisions; title: The Unform Premarital AgreementAct; title: CHAPTER 3:; title: COHABITATION; title: IN GENERAL; title: COHABITATION; title: COHABITATION AGREEMENTS; title: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; title: CHAPTER 4:; title: SEPARATION AND DIVORCE; title: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; title: SEPARATION; title: ANNULMENT; title: Void Marriage; title: Voidable Marriage; title: DIVORCE; title: Fault Grounds; title: Adultery; title: Cruelty; title: Abandonment; title: Constructive Abandonment; title: Imprisonment; title: Defenses; title: No-Fault Divorce Grounds; title: Maintaining a Divorce Action; title: Residency Requirements; title: Filing the Papers; title: CHAPTER 5:; title: PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION AND FINANCIAL ISSUES; title: OVERVIEW; title: MARITAL PROPERTY; title: SEPARATE PROPERTY; title: EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION LAW; title: COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAW; title: MARITAL FAULT; title: THE UNIFORM MARITAL PROPERTYACT; title: ALIMONY/MAINTENANCE; title: CHAPTER 6:; title: CHILD SUPPORT; title: OVERVIEW; title: FEDERAL CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES; title: Federal/State Child Support Enforcement; title: Locating an Absent Parent; title: Establishing Paternity; title: Establishing the Support Order; title: Enforcing the Support Order; title: TAX ASPECTS OF CHILD SUPPORT; title: CHAPTER 7:; title: CHILD CUSTODY; title: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; title: CUSTODY FOLLOWING DIVORCE; title: TYPES OF CUSTODY; title: Sole Custody; title: Joint Custody; title: Split Custody; title: CUSTODY FACTORS; title: RIGHTS OF THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT TO VISITATION; title: PARENTAL KIDNAPPING AND FORUM SHOPPING; title: CHAPTER 8:; title: THE UNIFORM MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ACT; title: BACKGROUND; title: PART 1-GENERAL PROVISIONS; title: PART 2- MARRIAGE; title: PART 3-DISSOLUTION; title: PART 4-CUSTODY; title: PART 5-EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEALER; title: THE UMDA-A VALUABLE RESOURCE; title: APPENDICES; title: APPENDIX 1: STATEMENT OF CLIENT'S RIGHTS; title: APPENDIX 2: STATEMENT OF CLIENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES; title: APPENDIX 3: MARRIAGE STATUTES-AGE REQUIREMENTS; title: APPENDIX 4: MARRIAGE STATUTES-STATUTORY; title: APPENDIX 5: MARRIAGE STATUTES-DURATION OF LICENSE VALIDITY ,; title: APPENDIX 6: MARRIAGE STATUTES; title: COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE; title: APPENDIX 7: SAMPLE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT; title: APPENDIX 8: SAMPLE COHABITATION AGREEMENT; title: APPENDIX 9: STATES THAT PREVENT RECOGNITION OF OUT-OF-STATE; title: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSE BY STATUTE; title: APPENDIX 10: STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE LAWS PREVENTING RECOGNITION; title: OF OUT-OF-STATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSE; title: APPENDIX 11: SAMPLE SEPARATION AGREEMENT-SIMPLE FORM; title: (NO CHILDREN); title: APPENDIX 12: DIVORCE STATUTES-LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE; title: APPENDIX 13: DIVORCE STATUTES-RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS; title: APPENDIX 14: SAMPLE SUMMONS AND VERIFIED COMPLAINT; title: APPENDIX 15: SAMPLE POOR PERSON ORDER; title: APPENDIX 16: CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; title: APPENDIX 17: DIVORCE STATUTES-PROPERTY DIVISION; title: APPENDIX 18: FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AFFIDAVIT; title: APPENDIX 19: SAMPLE QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER; title: APPENDIX 20: DIVORCE STATUTES-SPOUSAL SUPPORT FACTORS; title: APPENDIX 21: CHILD SUPPORT WORKSHEET; title: APPENDIX 22: SAMPLE QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDER; title: APPENDIX 23: SAMPLE INCOME DEDUCTION ORDER; title: APPENDIX 24: DIVORCE STATUTES-CUSTODY CRITERIA; title: APPENDIX 25: DIVORCE STATUTES-THIRD PARTY VISITATION; title: AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE.