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How to Solve Divorce Problems

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Alerts for the 7th Edition

January 1, 2010

New and revised forms. Older forms are obsolete and will no longer be accepted.

      – Two revised Family Law forms. FL-342 Child Support Order Attachment and SUBP-002 Civil Subpoena Duces Tecum
         To download these forms, click here.

      – Domestic Violence forms. DV-100, 109, 110, 112, 120, 125, 126, 130, 160, 170,
         200, 210, 250, 260, 500, 510, 540
         To download these DV forms (3.5 Mb), click here.

July 1, 2009

New and revised forms. Older forms are obsolete and will no longer be accepted.

      – Domestic Violence forms. DV-100, DV-110, DV-120, DV-130, DV-170, DV-210-INFO,
            DV510-INFO.

      – Other new forms. MC-025 Attachment, SUBP-002 Civil Subpoena Duces Tecum.

To download the new forms above, click here.

February 2009 — New 7th Edition — What changed?

New printing, new CD, 8 updated forms

Do not use older forms or older editions of this book! The companion CD for the 7th Edition contains the latest Judicial Council forms for use on your computer.

The eight new forms include FL-315, FL-318, FL-347, FL-348, MC-050, SUBP-002,
SUBP-015, SUBP-020. To download (843 Kb), click here.

Chapters 7, 15, 17 and 21—forms illustrations. New illustrations added for forms above.

Chapter 21, Status-Only Judgment. This chapter was extensively revised with new advice, instructions, pleadings and forms illustrations.

March 1, 2008 — New 6th Edition — What changed?

New printing, new CD, 20 updated forms

Do not use older forms or older editions of this book! The companion CD for the 6th Edition contains the latest Judicial Council forms for use on your computer.

Family law forms include FL-342(A), FL-391, FL-393, MC-120, SUBP-025. To download (525 Kb), click here.

Sixteen Domestic Violence case forms. To download updated forms (6 Mb), click here.

Page 65—New privacy rules. On any document filed with the court or attached to any document filed with court, you should disguise all Social Security and account numbers by replacing them with asterisks and the last four numbers. For example, "****-**-1234" would replace someone's SS number. If the court should ever require the full numbers, they'll ask you to report them on form MC-120, which will be kept from public view. You do not disguise numbers on documents served on the other side.

Page 102—family pet. When applying for protective orders, you can now request custody of and protection for any family pet living with either party.

Page 230—Bifurcation. When moving for termination of relationship separately from determination of other issues, the court amendments to Family Code 2337(c) add new conditions that a judgment must or may require in granting the motion, including joinder of pension funds, maintenance of health coverage and so on. Be sure to read the new code section prior to undertaking a motion for bifurcation.

Alerts for the 5th Edition

July 1, 2007

FL-391 Information Sheet—Simplified Way to Change Child, Spousal, or Family Support and
FL-393 Information Sheet—How to Oppose a Request to Change Child, Spousal, or Family Support.
Revised. After July 1, 2007, do not use older versions of these forms.
To download, click here.

Seven revised Domestic Violence forms. After July 1, 2007, do not use older versions of these forms. They include: DV-100, 110, 120, 130, 160, 260, and 520.
To download (887 kb), click here.