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How to Do Your Own Divorce in California: Everything You Need for an Uncontested Divorce of a Marriage or a Domestic Partnership (How to Do Your Own Divorce in California) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Sherman
Publisher: Nolo Press Occidental
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 58754
Media: Paperback
Edition: 31st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0944508669
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.7940166
EAN: 9780944508664
ASIN: 0944508669
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
With this book, California couples can file for divorce without the aid — and expense — of lawyers. The book’s first section explains how to divide property and settle custody, visitation, and child support issues. The second part guides readers through the court process: how to complete and file forms, expected waiting periods, and getting through (or even avoiding) a court appearance. Tear-out copies of all the necessary forms are provided, along with a CDROM containing additional resources.
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Very Helpful September 29, 2008
This book is very informative and complete, while being simple enough for the average person. Everything you need to complete your divorce without hiring a lawyer and going to court, including all the forms required by law. The book is republished every year to keep up with changing laws. The publishing group provides help from lawyers via telephone for working out the fine details of your particular situation. A person can save a tremendous amount of money, time, and stress by going this route. I highly recommend it.
You can do it all with this invaluable title June 2, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Nolo Press was founded in 1971 specifically for the purpose of publishing the first edition of this title. The Nolo principle is that not all legal transactions require retention of a lawyer, and in the state of California, for an uncontested divorce between two parties, tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees can be saved with the purchase of this $30 title (which is regularly 30% off from Amazon).
This book is a step-by-step guide to the divorce process and each of the forms necessary for filing for divorce in California. The text explains the hows and whys of the filing process and warns of potential pitfalls that can cause filings to be rejected or invalidated in the future.
My husband and I separated after a two year marriage and worked amicably through the process with the aid of this book. We knew that we would save a bundle of money by avoiding hiring lawyers to do discovery on our behalf, and we wanted to split up our property and move on as painlessly as possible. We each purchased a copy of this book and used it to file all the forms in our county courthouse. There is a helpline for telephone consultations at a reasonable rate, and we spent a few hundred dollars to get advice on the Separation Agreement we had drafted together (detailing financial and personal property separation as well as our agreement on our joint mortgage). We got big bang for our buck by having a helpline lawyer personally go over our Separation Agreement and we were confident with filing all the paperwork ourselves.
This book is intended for unconstested, fairly amicable divorces. If one party is out to "get" the other, the services of a lawyer may be required. Nolo recommends mediation before litigation if at all possible, to save money and effort. The authors remind the reader that lawyers do not have the consumer's best interest at heart--their first priority is to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits, and so they will be as thorough (and costly) as possible to meet that need.
If you are considering leaving your spouse and do not anticipate an amicable divorce, I would recommend purchasing Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce instead of this book. That has all of the overview information of this title, with additional specifics on mediation and litigation that will help your case if it is going to be in those arenas instead of the do-it-yourself category.
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