Family Law and Practice


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Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.







Library of Connecticut Family Law Forms


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Library of Connecticut Family Law Forms is a comprehensive library of over 200 forms regarding matters of Separation, Divorce, Child Custody, Visitation, and Domestic Violence. Find a wide variety of forms from initial summons through ADR, trial, and relief. This soft cover book contains a printed version of each form, and is organized to bring you through your matter from start to finish. Includes a CD of all printed forms that allows for easy drafting and editing of Word documents. NEW for 2nd Edition: The Second Edition of Library of Connecticut Family Law Forms is a representative sample of common pleadings that may be used in most divorce cases. The book contains over 200 forms, new and updated since the publication of the first edition. Commentary from the expert editors provides guidance on the use of the forms, including: when, how and why certain forms should be filed; how to avoid common pitfalls; and tips on strategy.




Percy’S Imperfectly Perfect Family


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Your children may not understand what the word divorce means, but they understand how it makes them feel. Their little worlds are turned upside down. Percy the perky penguin feels the exact same way when he learns that his parents are no longer going to live together. Even though he has lots of friends and does well in school, he suddenly doesnt feel so perky anymore. But he explores his concerns about what life will be like, and he learns that talking about his fears helps him work through his feelings. Change is hard, but he decides to adjust and find his perkiness again. Percys fears and those of other children stuck in the middle of a divorce may sometimes seem trivial to adults, but theyre very real. While you cant promise them things wont change, you can work as hard as you can to make sure theyre happy. It will take listening to them and talking with themand starting a conversation becomes much easier with Percys Imperfectly Perfect Family.




For Adam's Sake


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Winner of the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award Winner the Association for the Study of Connecticut History’s Homer D. Babbidge Jr. Award “Incomparably vivid . . . as enthralling a portrait of family life [in colonial New England] as we are likely to have.”—Wall Street Journal In the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, A Midwife’s Tale, comes this groundbreaking narrative by one of America’s most promising colonial historians. Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London, Connecticut. As his remarkable diary—kept from 1711 until 1758—reveals, he was also a slave owner who owned Adam Jackson for over thirty years. In this engrossing narrative of family life and the slave experience in the colonial North, Allegra di Bonaventura describes the complexity of this master/slave relationship and traces the intertwining stories of two families until the eve of the Revolution. Slavery is often left out of our collective memory of New England’s history, but it was hugely impactful on the central unit of colonial life: the family. In every corner, the lines between slavery and freedom were blurred as families across the social spectrum fought to survive. In this enlightening study, a new portrait of an era emerges.




Oklahoma Family Law


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Connecticut Divorces


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Divorce, Simply Stated (2nd Ed.)


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A comprehensive, easily understood divorce roadmap supplemented by a veteran divorce attorney¿s advice and rarely discussed strategies for attaining goals in divorce Renowned for his compassionate work in family law, divorce lawyer/mediator Larry Sarezky explains all the basics and much more in a bite-sized volume that soothes and even entertains as it educates. Flashes of humor, a golden retriever guide, and illustrations by the author's granddaughter (reminding parents to focus on their kids) keep readers engaged with priceless tips and strategies rarely accessed by divorcing spouses. Among a host of topics covered besides the basics of support, property division and children in divorce, are how to: work with lawyers, mediators and other divorce professionals; save legal fees; avoid unnecessary battles over children; avoid common but game-changing mistakes; use divorce tax rules. Readers will learn, for example, how to find the "Quality Divorce Lawyer Bargain Basement," how to be both proactive and frugal by "being your own paralegal" and secrets of legal fee billing that can make a lawyer with a higher hourly rate less expensive than a colleague charging less per hour.And all of this comes ¿from the kind of divorce lawyer anyone would want: funny, kind, laser-focused, nonjudgmental, and extremely informative¿. the book stands out for its calm, deliberate, and winning tone, which feels both reassuring and nurturing.¿ Foreword Clarion Reviews"THIS BOOK IS A MASTERPIECE!" raves Joanie Winberg, CEO of the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children. ¿Only Larry Sarezky could have written a book that contains all the divorce essentials plus priceless strategies for success and savings that you won't find anywhere else!¿