Nolo’s guide to creating a co-parenting agreement provides information, worksheets, and a fill-in-the-blank parenting agreement to assist divorcing couples in making a fair and lasting child custody agreement. The mediation-based strategies contained in this book will help minimize conflict in resolving issues such as health care, education, and living arrangements.

Legal information and practical advice for older Americans dealing with divorce. Divorce rates are soaring among seniors, but the legal and emotional challenges you face as an older adult are different from those that apply to younger divorcees.

This title provides an overview of common legal issues that arise when setting and adjusting child custody and child support agreements.

Information and guidance about the divorce process and steps of working with lawyers or mediators.

"Marriage is one of the few personal contracts in which your state dictates the terms -- unless you create your own customized premarital agreement. Combining Nolo's legal expertise and plain-English writing, Prenuptial Agreements makes a potentially touchy subject easy to deal with while explaining how to create a valid contract. The book covers whether a prenup is right for your relationship, how to decide what a prenup should include, how to assemble a draft agreement, how to turn your draft into a contract and tips on negotiating and communicating." - Publisher's description

This Nolo title includes small claims procedures for every state. Chapters discuss basic procedures like writing demand letters, filing and serving papers, preparing evidence, and mediating an out-of-court settlement.

"Face your deposition without fear using this comprehensive guide. Getting deposed? Conducting a deposition? Here's the book you need to take the mystery out of the deposition process and answer questions with confidence." - publisher

"Whether you're a plaintiff or a defendant, this book will help you confidently handle a divorce, personal injury case, landlord/tenant dispute, breach of contract, small business dispute, or any other civil lawsuit. " - publisher's description

This book provides a plain English guide to choosing appropriate tenants safely and legally. Nolo provides advice on evaluating rental applications, examining credit reports, and complying with discrimination laws.

This book from Nolo is intended to help landlords with legal issues, including screening tenants, leases, security deposits, sublets, the landlord’s duty to repair, right of entry, and evictions.

Written in straightforward and easy-to-understand language, Nolo’s guide to tenant rights is an excellent explanation of the legal pitfalls a renter can encounter.

This plain English guide covers the legal obligations of landlords. It provides practical advice on avoiding problem tenants and handling repairs and property management tasks, as well as information on IRS regulations and tax deductions. This edition also details how to offer a room via services like Airbnb and includes a sample rental application.

This title from Nolo provides plain English information on leases and rental agreements. Chapters cover preparing leases, choosing tenants, getting tenants moved in, and ending a tenancy. Appendices cover topics such as landlord/tenant statutes, rent rules, security deposit rules, and landlord’s access to the property for each state. Also available are several different types of fill-in-the-blank rental forms.

A plain English guide to finding an apartment and interacting with difficult landlords and/or roommates. This book contains practical information for tenants, including how to negotiate a lease or rental agreement, getting repairs made, and options for breaking a lease and leaving early.

Many people would like to spare their loved ones the hassle and expense of probating a will. This title, recently updated with the latest estate laws and gift tax rules, discusses several effective ways to skip the probate process.

Covers the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts, and health care directives. It prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney.

After a loved one has died, many people find themselves responsible for settling the deceased's affairs with little or no previous experience. This book provides easy-to-follow steps on how to transfer property, probate a will, claim life insurance, and more.

This guide will help you organize your records and help your family find your important paperwork. It includes information on tracking estate planning documents, final arrangements, real estate, and tax records.

This guide covers living trusts and assists the reader in determining whether or not this type of estate planning is right for his or her family. It explains in plain English how the process works and includes step-by-step instructions on how to fill out the necessary forms and paperwork.

This title provides instructions for how to draft a will quickly and easily while remaining within the bounds of the law. All necessary forms are provided in the manual to assist in the will-writing process.

"Form a corporation in any state, quickly and easily. Ready to incorporate your business? This do-it-yourself guide provides everything you need to get the job done -- without a pricey lawyer. Get clear explanations on: why and when to incorporate, what you need to know about corporate taxation, and all the advantages of incorporating, including tax advantages, access to capital, and employee perks. Includes the sample forms and information you need to prepare articles of incorporation and bylaws, along with detailed instructions on how to incorporate in your state." - publisher's description

With Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, you can do most of the routine stuff yourself, checking with a lawyer only when it's really necessary. This book includes over 60 of the most important forms you'll need to run your small business as well as thorough, plain-English information and line-by-line instructions so you can get the job done right.

This book contains plain-English legal and business information to help readers begin their own small business. It explains the practical and legal issues readers must understand in order to make sound decisions. Topics covered include how to choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership, or LLC; negotiating a lease; raising start-up money; hiring of independent contractors; and understanding small business tax rules.

"The purpose of this book is to help you understand exactly where LLCs fit into the larger picture of business ownership structures and to help you decide whether it makes sense for you to form an LLC to conduct your business. " - from the introduction

This self-help title shows you ways to monitor your credit report, improve your credit score, and also has tips on how to manage debt and deal with debt collectors.

"Guides readers through the bankruptcy process, explaining bankruptcy law requirements and providing line-by-line instructions for filling out the necessary forms." - publisher

"Struggling with Debt? Find solutions here.Get out of debt and rebuild your credit. With the step-by-step guidance in this book, you can regain financial freedom by:stopping debt collector harassment cold, negotiating down your debt with creditors, reducing your student loan payments, creating a healthy financial plan, wiping the slate clean with bankruptcy. Take the first steps toward living debt-free!" - publisher's description

"Everything you need to fight an unfair ticket! We've all received one: a traffic ticket that seems completely unfair, the result of an officer's evening quota rather than a serious moving violation. But do you have to pay the penalty and watch your driving record crash and burn? Not if you choose to fight back with Beat Your Ticket. Beat Your Ticket simply and clearly lays out the best strategies for beating tickets in court. The book explains in plain English how to use the law to fight an unwarranted ticket, find out what the police officer plans to say at your trial, attack radar and other detection methods, pick a jury, present your case and cross-examine the ticketing officer." - publisher's description

"Unravels the mysteries of criminal law with a plain-English style that incorporates real-life examples, famous films and entertaining hypotheticals. Arranged from A to Z, this desk reference explains criminal law, from abuse excuse to writ of habeas corpus." - publisher's description

This Nolo title covers: search and seizure, drunk driving, arrests, booking and bail, public defenders, arraignment, lineups, preliminary hearings, trials, plea bargains, common defenses, evidence, sentencing, appeals.