Wiley Family Law Update

Family Law Update covers all the current issues and relevant opinions pertaining to family law. It brings the most salient information to your fingertips. It is fully comprehensive and concrete, with its broad coverage and multiple sources. Features include: - Comprehensive coverage of all the key topics of marriage and divorce, including economic consequences, child custody, and support issues. - Interdisciplinary materials to explore the complex influences on Family Law drawn from finance, genetics, and demography, clinical pscychology, social history, and legal and policy responses to domestic violence. - Balanced presentation addresses and explores immediate, cutting-edge issues, (such as unmarried cohabitation and home schooling) while still focusing on family and the state, the role of various groups involved in resolving Family Law issues, and the effectiveness of law and instruments of law enforcement. - Skillfully crafted problems immerse students in the real world of Family Law.

The 1999 WILEY FAMILY LAW UPDATE provides an in-depth analysis of the most important issues impacting family law and practice today. Comprised of eleven chapters - each written by a leading expert in family law practice, psychology, or from the business and public sectors - the 1999 UPDATE brings you fully up to date with the vital issues you need to master when representing clients in divorce and custody cases. from new court decisions on visitation rights of grandparents, to federal and state legislation on family support obligations, to recent research findings on the effects of divorce on families, the 1999 WILEY FAMILY LAW provides an excellent framework for understanding the current state of the law and practice. With the 1999 WILEY FAMILY LAW UPDATE, you have access to the best thinking and the latest research from experts on the cutting edge of these important issues: recent legislation and court decisions on the visitation rights of grandparents the role of family lawyers in mediating divorce settlements the medical, social, and legal aspects of addiction as it affects family law practice the effects of divorce on families, with special focus on the problems experienced by children at various ages determining and enforcing family support obligations arising from divorce pleading, investigating, and proving dissipation of assets and income federal income tax treatment of stepfamilies and strategies to confront gender bias against fathers in divorce proceedings. Family lawyers of all levels of experience will find valuable insights, time-saving legal research, and relevant practice tips in this widely respected and eagerly anticipated annual survey.

A CANADIAN BESTSELLER FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED For more than 30 years, Canadian Family Law has helped us to understand the legal issues surrounding marriage, separation and divorce, child custody and support. Now in its tenth edition, Canadian Family Law provides information on recent developments in family law, such as same-sex marriage, alternative dispute resolution and child support. Among the topics covered are: The rights and obligations of marriage The components of a separation agreement Spousal support Child support and the new guidelines Guiding principles regarding custody of children Property rights and division of property The divorce procedure Domestic contracts The enforcement of agreements Mediation and arbitration A comparative analysis of family law statutes. Illustrated with case studies, Canadian Family Law is the standard reference guide that people who are contemplating marriage, or separation and divorce, turn to for informative, readable and authoritative commentary.

The 1998 Wiley Family Update provides an in-depth analysis of the most important issues impacting family law and practice today. Comprised of eleven chapters -- each written by a leading expert in family law practice, psychology, or from the business and public sectors -- the 1998 Update brings you fully up to date with the vital issues you need to master when representing clients in divorce and custody cases. from new court decisions on visitation rights of grandparents, to federal and state legislation on family support obligation, to recent research findings on the effects of divorce on families, the 1998 Wiley Family Law Update provides an excellent framework for understanding the current state of the law and helps you prepare for emerging trends in family law and practice. With the 1998 Wiley Family Law Update, you have access to the best thinking and the latest research from experts on the cutting edge of these important issues: recent legislation and court decisions on the visitation rights of grandparents; the role of family lawyers in mediating divorce settlements; the medical, social, and legal aspects of addiction as it affects family law practice; effects of divorce on families, with special focus on the problems experienced by children at various ages; determining and enforcing family support obligations arising from divorce; pleading, investigating, and proving dissipation of assets and income; federal; income tax treatment of stepfamilies; strategies to confront gender bias against fathers in divorce proceedings. Family lawyers of all levels of experience will find valuable insights, time-saving legal research, and relevant practice tips in this widely respected and eagerly anticipated annual survey.

The 2001 Family Law Update provides an in-depth analysis of the most important issues impacting family law and practice today. Comprised of eleven chapters -- each written by a leading expert in family law practice, psychology, or from the business and public sectors -- the 2001 Update brings you fully up to date with the vital issues you need to master when representing clients in divorce and custody cases. From new court decisions on how to enforce or defend against interstate child support orders, to ground-breaking research on why fathers quit paying child support and withdraw from their children, to how courts classify and divide changes in value of retirement benefits and the latest "thinking tools" available to matrimonial attorneys, the 2001 Update provides an excellent framework for understanding the current state of the law and practice. With the 2001 Family Law Update, you have access to the best thinking and the latest research from experts on the cutting edge of these important issues: Interstate child support and enforcement -- Why fathers stop paying or visiting: the "Parentally Disenfranchised" dad -- Educating children after divorce: Who decides, Who pays? -- The duty to support adult children -- Expert testimony in divorce and custody cases -- Selecting and questioning expert witnesses when grandparents want the kids -- Child witness allegations of sexual abuse -- Inter spousal torts -- Classification and division of post-divorce changes in value of retirement benefits -- Lawyering and technology. Family lawyers of all levels of experience will find valuable insights, time-saving legal research, and relevant practice tips in this widelyrespected and eagerly anticipated annual survey.