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Table of Contents Part One - All About Divorce Chapter A: Some Basic Information About Divorce What is a Divorce? Can You Do Your Own Divorce? Advantages to Being Your Own Attorney, Making Decisions, Agreed Divorce and Default Divorce, Grounds for Divorce, Jurisdiction (Power of the Court), Residency Requirements, Notice to Your Spouse, Waiting Periods, Change of Name, How to Find the Right Lawyer, Some Common Questions and Answers Chapter B: Dividing Property and Bills Cases Where There is No Property, Cases Where There is Some Property, Understanding your Estate: Separate and community property defined, When funds flow between marital estates, Bills and liabilities of the spouses, Pension and retirement plans, The family house and other real estate, Income taxes. When Property is Divided by the Court, Dividing It By Agreement, How to Transfer Titles to Property Chapter C: Children: Custody and Visitation Generally, Custody, Visitation ( Possession), Agreements, Class Required for Parents? Chapter D: Support Chapter E: Marital Settlement Agreements The Approved Decree, The Martial Settlement Contract Part Two- How to Do Your Own Divorce Chapter 1: Introducing the Forms Chapter 2: Check List Chapter 3: How to Use the Forms General Instructions, The Caption, Petition/ Respondent, Pro Se, Names, Protecting Privacy, Copies Chapter 4: How to File Your Papers Chapter 5: The Petition Chapter 6: Notice to Your Spouse The Wavier, The Citation Chapter 7:The Decree Chapter 8: The Withholding Forms Chapter 9: The Statistics Form Chapter 10: The Hearing Are You Ready? Getting into Court, The Day of the Hearing, Troubleshooting Guide Appendix The Pauper's Oath Blank Forms Close Window