Maine Family Law

Establishing a successful attorney/client relationship -- Jurisdiction -- Grounds for divorce -- Pleadings and procedure -- Mediation -- Parental rights and responsibilities -- Property distribution -- Spousal support -- Counsel fees -- Marital settlement agreements -- Judicial separation and other actions pertaining to parental rights and responsibilities and duties of support -- Annulment -- Appendix I. State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court amendments to the Maine rules of civil procedure and the rules for the Family Division of the Maine District Court -- Appendix II. Maine child support guidelines -- Appendix III. Maine revised statute, Title 19-A : Domestic relations

Reserve materials must be used at the Law Library.

Volume 1 contents: A view from the bench -- Challenges of dealing with pro/se/unrepresented/self-represented litigants in family law matters -- Child protective cases -- Determining real income from small businesses -- Discovery of electronic evidence -- GALs and best practices for lawyers under the new laws and rules: better for clients (and resistance is futile) -- Immigration 101 for the family law practitioner: nuts and bolts -- The impact of bankruptcy on a family law case -- Managing the difficult and/or impaired client -- Marital & non-marital property -- Mediation/ADR success -- Mental illness and its effect on parenting -- Parental arrangements: not as easy as you think -- Parental rights matters in probate and district courts: origins, challenges & strategies -- Practice of collaborative law in family law matters -- The division of retirement benefits
Volume 2 contents: GALs and best practices for lawyers under the new laws and rules: better for clients (and resistance is futile) -- Mental illness and its effect on parenting -- Business valuation -- Drafting foreclosure documents as they relate to divorce -- Health insurance issues (COBRA, etc) -- How to negotiate spousal support and litigation tips for spousal support -- Do what I say, not what I do -- Maine Parentage Act (MPA) -- Parental alienation and other relationship dynamics