The Rutter Group California Practice Guide: Family Law FORMS is an essential companion to The Rutter Group California Practice Guide: Family Law. It contains more than 250 practice-tested forms (both Judicial Council and attorney drafted), cross referenced to the Family Law practice guide where the related substantive and procedure law is discussed in detail.

This set includes petitions, responses, and pendent lite and postjudgment requests for orders, along with accompanying declarations and points and authorities; plus QDROs, agreements, questionnaires, checklists, and tax forms. Chapters cover:

• First client interview
• Choosing appropriate status relief
• Commencing the proceedings
• Response and postpetition matters
• Orders pending trial
• Support
• Custody and visitation
• Marital property
• Premarital, marital, and marital settlement agreements
• Tax aspects of marriage termination
• Trial preparation
• Default and uncontested hearings
• Contested trials
• Attorney fees, costs, and sanctions
• Dismissals, statements of decision, and judgments
• Postjudgment motions, appeals, and writs
• Modification of orders and judgments
• Enforcement of orders and judgments
• Termination of invalid marriage/domestic partnership
• Nonmarital cohabitation and domestic partnerships