Nolo's essential guide to child custody & support

When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to draw up a custody plan and agree on child support. Doskow shows you how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down; where to find your state's child suppo...

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Main Author: Doskow, Emily (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley, California : Nolo, 2021.
Edition: Fifth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: your child custody and support companion
  • Basics of divorce
  • Basics of child custody
  • Basics of child support
  • When you decide to divorce: the fist month
  • Avoiding a custody or support trial: alternatives to court
  • Dealing with the court: paperwork and court hearings
  • Going to trial
  • Custody orders: living with, enforcing, and changing them
  • Child support orders: living with, enforcing, and changing them
  • Worst case scenarios: kidnapping, abuse, and interference with custody
  • Custody and support in military families
  • The law: how to work with a lawyer and do you own legal research.