Practice Guide to Family Law

A Practice Guide to Family Law
Constance K. Putzel, Esq. and Shelley L. Rothschild, Esq.

More than a book, this volume contains a system of handling a family law practice with a limited business/management component, including:

A series of Procedural Guidelines to assist in the management of a divorce case;

A "Check Plan" spelling out the essential components in any divorce case;

A set of suggested forms to be used by the attorneys gathering and organizing information;

A set of suggested forms for pleadings and discovery;

Pattern letters for use throughout the system;

A table of statutes and rules that lists the Maryland Code and Rule references and special requirements for each major subject area of divorce practice.

The subjects covered include: initial contact; commencement of representation; preparing for the second interview; setting up a divorce file; the second interview; complaint - representing the plaintiff; service of process; uncontested divorce; representing the defendant; preliminary motions; the answer and the counterclaim; temporary relief; child support guidelines; earnings lien withholding order; discovery - general; interrogatories; deposition; requests for production, inspection and copying of documents; entry upon lands or other property; requests for mental or physical examinations; requests for admission of facts and genuineness of documents; protective orders; motions to compel discovery; sanctions; amended and supplemental complaints; custody investigation report; entry and withdrawal of appearance; pre-trial /settlement conference; pretrial memorandum; trial preparation; setting for trial; petition for counsel fees; trial memorandum; judgment of divorce; and closing the case.

Pub date: 1999

Book: $189 ................... Inv. #1749-99

Book and Forms CD: $229 ...... Inv. #1751-99

Forms CD: $89 ...................... Inv. #1938-99

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