How to Do Your Own Divorce in California in 2013: An Essential Guide for Every Kind of Divorce Book

PART ONE—All About Divorce
1. DOING YOUR OWN DIVORCE
1.1 Can you do your own divorce? Should you?
1.2 What “do your own divorce” means
1.3 What it means to “retain” an attorney—and a better idea
1.4 Advantages to doing your own divorce
1.5 How to start a divorce—Petitioners and Respondents
1.6 Three ways to get it done
1.7 Solving divorce problems
1.8 When you should get some help
1.9 Who can help? How much will it cost?
1.10 Looking ahead

2. BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT DIVORCE
2.1 Dissolution, nullity, and legal separation
2.2 Regular vs. Summary Dissolution
2.3 Grounds for dissolution
2.4 Residency requirements
2.5 Serving papers—giving notice to your spouse
2.6 Jurisdiction and the power of the court to act
2.7 Automatic restraining orders
2.8 Mandatory disclosure of all marital information
2.9 When is it over? How final is your judgment?
2.10 Taxes
2.11 Attorney fees
2.12 Common questions and answers

3. DIVIDING PROPERTY AND DEBTS
3.1 Income, debts and your date of separation
3.2 Management of property and the duty spouses owe each other
3.3 Duty to disclose all information
3.4 Cases where there is no community property
3.5 Cases where there is some property
3.6 Understanding your estate
3.7 Taxes
3.8 Wills, insurance beneficiaries, and nonprobate transfers

4. CHILDREN - CUSTODY AND VISITATION

5. CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT

6. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

PART TWO—How to do your own Regular Dissolution
7. Doing your own forms
8. Check list
9. The Summons
10. The Petition
11. The Response
12. How to serve papers
13. Proof of service
14. Declarations of Disclosure
15. The Property Declaration
16. The Income and Expense Declaration
17. The Request to Enter Default
18. How to fill out the Judgment
19. Wage and earnings assignment
20. How to get your Judgment
21. The Notice of Entry of Judgment

PART THREE—Summary Procedures
22. The Summary Dissolution
23. Termination of Domestic Partnership