Links to Forms, Articles, and Statutes from the book
As you found out in the book, there are many forms that are used when going through a divorce through a court of law. What you also found out is that every state has their own set of forms. For the book, we chose to use mostly Michigan and Florida when it came to forms.
We used forms in the book because they are inescapable and sometimes they can be confusing and daunting. So, we talk about them and reference them in the book, but we didn’t want to make the book a “forms” book. Doing so would be boring and would not make for good reading.
In addition to forms there are many useful articles we found that were also listed in the book. Below are the links with page numbers from the book for readers to click on and read/review.
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Page 35—Divorce statistics by Statista
https://www.statista.com/statistics/183663/number-of-married-couples-in-the-us
Page 35—Census Bureau divorce statistics
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/02/how-state-marriage-and-divorce-rates-stack-up.html
Page 36—Pew Research Center (8 Facts about Life and Marriage in America)
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/02/13/8-facts-about-love-and-marriage
Page 51—Florida divorce statue
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/Chapter61/All
Page 75—Michigan Bar Association Civil Discovery Guidebook
https://www.michbar.org/file/generalinfo/civildiscovery/civildiscovery_guidebook.pdf
Page 77—Florida Bar Journal article on electronic discovery
https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/electronic-discovery-in-florida
Page 77—Florida Bar Association Discovery Handbook
https://floridatls.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ADA-2021-Discovery-Handbook.pdf
Page 92—Friend of the Court (FOC) Handbook
https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/adult-child-serv/child-sup/How-Do-I/Enforce-support
Page 113—Topic No. 452 Alimony and Separate Maintenance (IRS website)
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc452
Page 126—Florida Court Forms (Child Custody Law in Florida)
https://www.florida-court-forms.net/child-custody-laws-in-florida.html
Page 131—Forbes: Grey Divorce: Its Reasons & Its Implications
https://www.forbes.com/sites/margueritacheng/2019/02/26/grey-divorce-its-reasons-its-implications/?sh=12cdb2594acd
Page 135—Florida Bar Journal: The Impact of Co-ownership on Florida Homestead
https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/the-impact-of-co-ownership-on-florida-homestead
Page 142—How to Fight A False Restraining Order
http://www.massoutrage.com/how-to-fight-a-false-allegation-retraining-order.html
Page 158—Links to cases about professional licenses and if they are property subject to division in divorce.
https://www.divorcesource.com/research/edj/cases/proflandd.shtml
Page 169—Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements in Michigan
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billanalysis/House/htm/2017-HLA-4751-2E60153C.htm
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billanalysis/House/htm/2017-HLA-4751-32789F1A.htm
Page 173—Florida statue on Premarital Agreements
https://flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2021/0061.079
Page 175 and 176—Federal Estate Tax
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estate-tax
Page 184—Michigan Code Section: 750.335 Lewd and lascivious cohabitation and gross lewdness
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(ywtvtqglx4t2dfclungknzez))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-750-335
Page 192—Michigan Eligible Domestic Relations Orders
https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/ors/forms/r259x.pdf?rev=bac313e1e5d2422891c0661d74d65254
Page 196—Examples of a QRDO for Michigan employees
https://stateofmi.voya.com/einfo/pdfs/forms/michigan/640002/401k_qdro.pdf
Page 201—YouTube video on an $8.5 million dollar guardianship abuse case
https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_wK3a9jWwA?autoplay=1&FORM=-VIRE8&PC=OPALIOS
Page 206—Esquire: Netflix’s Dirty Money Dives Into the Tragic World of Guardianship Scams
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a31847699/netflix-dirty-money-guardians-inc-guardianship
Page 211—Michigan non-military affidavit
https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/forms/scao-approved/mc07.pdf
Page 211—Federal Government website with insight into military divorces
https://www.militaryonesource.mil/financial-legal/legal/family-legal-issues/military-spouses-residency-relief-act