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Family Law in a Nutshell

8th Edition
John E.B. Myers
ISBN: 9781685610401
Subject: Family Law
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 526
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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Few areas of law practice cover as many issues as family law. The subject embraces marriage and divorce, annulment, custody of children, spousal and child support, complex property issues, paternity, domestic violence, adoption, and alternative means of reproduction. Each of these topics itself is complex. For example, within the broad subject of child custody lie the issues of interstate move away cases, international parental child abduction, and the impact of domestic violence on a parent’s right to custody or visitation. In addition to purely legal issues, family law has a large psychological component, touching on some of the most important and sensitive aspects of human nature and interaction, such as, what is a family, what are the rights and responsibilities of parents toward children, and how should society respond to child abuse and domestic violence? All of these issues, and more, are discussed in this Nutshell. The book provides a thorough introduction to this challenging field of practice. As you prepare for the bar examination, check to see if family law is tested on the bar you intend to take. The Uniform Bar Exam tests family law. A number of state bar exams include family law. This book covers the family law topics you will encounter on the bar and in a family law course.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Nutshells
Publication Date: 04/25/2022

John E.B. Myers, UC College of the Law, San Francisco

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  • Hundreds of changes including more than a hundred new cases throughout.
  • In particular includes the major change in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision interpreting "habitual residence" in the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

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