FAMILY LAW

Book Title: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption, Second Edition (Paperback) by Christine Adamec (Author) Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com The byzantine process of applying for adoption can leave even the best and the brightest feeling like an idiot. Fear not. Chris Adamec, coauthor of the Encyclopedia of Adoption and mother of an adopted child (plus two […]

Indiana Case Law SHADY v. SHADY, 53A01-0605-CV-222 (Ind.App. 12-11-2006) SAMER M. SHADY, Appellant-Respondent, v. SHEANIN SHADY, Appellee-Petitioner. No. 53A01-0605-CV-222. Court of Appeals of Indiana. December 11, 2006. Appeal from the Monroe Circuit Court, The Honorable Stephen R. Galvin, Judge, Cause No. 53C06-0310-DR-653. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: KAREN A. WYLE, Bloomington, Indiana. ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: KARL L. […]

Common-law marriage (or common law marriage) All U.S. jurisdictions recognize common-law marriages where they have been validly contracted in another jurisdiction that still permits the common law contract of a marriage. Only a dozen jurisdictions, however, still permit marriages to be contracted in this way. They are: Alabama, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, […]

This document (RTF format) is available for download here CAUSE NUMBER ________________ IN THE MATTER OF: THE GUARDIANSHIP OF [PERSON OR ESTATE] OF NAME AN INCAPACITATED PERSON IN THE COUNTY COURT NUMBER _____ [COUNTY] COUNTY, __________ APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY GUARDIAN [Name], (“Applicant”) applies for the appointment of a temporary guardian over the person […]

This document (RTF format) is available for download here LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF [CLIENT’S NAME] I, [Client’s name] of [City], [County’s name] County, __________ am over the age of eighteen (18) years of age. At the time I signed this Last Will and Testament, I was of sound and disposing mind and memory. I […]

Community property is a marital property regime found in some common law jurisdictions and in the Civil Code of the Province of Quebec, Canada in which all property acquired during the marriage (except for gifts or inheritances) is owned jointly by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or death. Division of community property […]