title: The Legal Answer Book for Families
author:  Emily Doskow Attorney 
description: <b>Doskow</b> is a practicing attorney and mediator who has worked with families in the Bay Area for more than 15 years. She specializes in family law, including adoption, parentage issues, domestic partnership formation and dissolution, and divorce. She is a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
  Synopsis
  
  By the Author
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  Dedication
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  
  Chapter Eighteen
  
  Chapter Nineteen
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  Chapter Twenty-one
  
  Chapter Twenty-two
  
  Chapter Twenty-three
  
  Chapter Twenty-four
  
  Chapter Twenty-five
  
  Chapter Twenty-six
  
  Chapter Twenty-seven
  
  Chapter Twenty-eight
  
  Chapter Twenty-nine
  
  Chapter Thirty
  
  Chapter Thirty-one
  
  Chapter Thirty-two
  
  Chapter Thirty-three
  
  Chapter Thirty-four
  
  Chapter Thirty-five
  
  Chapter Thirty-six
  
  Chapter Thirty-seven
  
  Chapter Thirty-eight
  
  Chapter Thirty-nine
  
  Chapter Forty
  
  About the Author
  
  Books Available From Bold Strokes Books
  
  **Synopsis**
  
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