How to File for Divorce in California (Legal Survival Guides)

Rev. ed. of: How to file for divorce in California : with forms / David Jon Lee, Edward A. Haman. 3rd ed. 2001.

A divorce can be both financially and emotionally exhausting. Protect yourself by obtaining all the information you need about divorce laws and your legal rights, whether you use a lawyer or not.

How to File for Divorce in California simplifies and explains in straightforward language everything you need to know to successfully handle your own divorce in the state of California. Complete with step-by-step instructions and more than 50 forms you may need, this book makes filing for divorce inexpensive and hassle-free.

• Protecting Your Assets, Yourself and Your Children
• Changing a Child Support Order
• Working with Lawyers
•Negotiating Child Support Agreements

Ready-to-Use Forms with Instructions:
• Schedule of Assets and Debts
• Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA)
• Declaration of Domestic Partnership
• Request to Enter Default
• and many more...


• California divorce laws
• Divorce procedures
• Plain-English glossary of terms
• Step-by-step instructions
• Ready-to-use, blank forms

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