Provides step-by-step guidance for handling matrimonial actions. Each chapter provides legal background, guidance on practice and procedure, forms and a reference guide. Included are checklists, questions and answers, pleadings, motion papers, sample agreements, and judgments--over 500 forms in all. Topics covered include:

Grounds for divorce and annulment

Service of papers, jurisdiction and venue

Representing the plaintiff

Representing the defendant

Calendar practice

Temporary relief

Financial disclosure

Distribution of marital property

Experts' valuation methods

Professional licenses

Spousal and child

Tax considerations

Child custody and visitation

UCCJA and PKPA

Child abuse and neglect

Domestic violence

Enforcement and modification of money judgments

Cohabitation, antenuptial and separation agreements

First published 1988. Updated with supplements and revisions.

4 Volumes

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