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.

If you have any questions, please click here to use our submit a question form.

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

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