Family Law for Paralegals 6th edition

Family Law for Paralegals Description

Family Law for Paralegals 6 Edition Thoughtful and carefully-written, Family Law for Paralegals presents the nuts-and-bolts in a relevant historical framework with exposure to some of the most dynamic issues in family law today. The comprehensive coverage balances the basic issues of marriage and divorce with cutting-edge concerns such as non-marital families, child abuse and neglect, and same-sex marriage. Helpful real-life examples and sample forms show students what they will encounter in practice. Useful pedagogy helps students develop their critical thinking and writing skills, and a range of assignments in each chapter provides practice in research, analysis, memo-writing, and argumentation.Fresh new cases enliven the Sixth Edition. New material features changes in the law relating to same-sex marriage as well as technological innovations such as e-filings for divorce. A new discussion of divorce and military families is presented, and issues related to international families are explored. The Sixth Edition covers all the new rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA.)Features:nuts-and-bolts of family law in relevant historical framework with exposure to dynamic, contemporary issuescomprehensive coveragefundamental issues of marriage and divorcecutting-edge concerns: non-marital families, child abuse and neglect, and same-sex marriagereal-life examples and sample forms preview actual practiceuseful pedagogy helps students develop critical thinking and writing skillssummarieskey termsreview and discussion questionsrange of assignments for practice in research, analysis, memo writing, and argumentationThoroughly updated, the revised Sixth Edition presents:fresh new casescurrent changes in the laws relating to same-sex marriagenew coverage of technological innovations, such as e-filings for divorcediscussion of divorce and military familieslegal issues related to international familiesnew rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)