A Practical Guide to Divorce in Rhode Island

Author(s): Sandra H. Smith (Author), Deborah M. Tate (Author)

A respected divorce practice aid for Rhode Island lawyers

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eBook: epub 3rd Edition (2024)
$195.00
In Stock ISBN: 9781683454168

A practical guide in every sense of the term, this book offers a trove of applied law along with tips on divorce issues—both common and complex. The twenty-five chapters in A Practical Guide to Divorce in Rhode Island prepare you for the client interview, arm you with case law for the hearing and trial, and ground you in Rhode Island's practice and procedure, so that you can provide your client with the most up-to-date, relevant, and winning divorce strategies. Under the editorial direction of Deborah Miller Tate, Esq. of McIntyre Tate LLP in Providence and Sandra H. Smith, Esq. of Warwick, MCLE | New England has gathered the techniques, tips, strategies and best practices of some of Rhode Island's most expert authorities on divorce law practice. The step-by-step approach guides you through the potential problems and often-contested issues that you will face with regard to discovery, custody, business valuations, division of assets, alimony—and many more topics. Advocacy, court commentary, seasoned guidance, and special issues related to divorce, such as bankruptcy, cohabitation, postnuptial agreements, adoption—it's all in this newly updated book.

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•    The Family Law System
•    Client Interviews and Fee Agreements
•    Mediation and Other Dispute Resolution Services
•    Motion Practice for Temporary Allowances
•    DR-6 and Trial Memoranda Affidavits
•    Discovery
•    Equity Distribution
•    Alimony
•    Child Support and Parentage
•    Issues Relating to Children
•    Relocation of Children
•    Business Valuations
•    Retirement Assets
•    Selected Evidentiary Issues
•    Family Law in the Age of Technology
•    Family Law and Bankruptcy Law: The Current State of (Dis)Union
•    Marital Agreements
•    Family Court Postjudgment Motions
•    Premarital Agreements
•    Cohabitation Agreements
•    Postnuptial Agreements
•    Guardians ad Litem
•    Disciplinary Issues and Ethics for Divorce and Family Lawyers
•    Adoption
•    Rhode Island Family Court Appellate Procedure