Links to Family Law & other related resources:

California Family Law Code - Actual code of the law you can read for yourself.

State Bar of California - Certified Lawyer Referral Service - also links to your county Bar Association and Referral Services.

California Courts and Judicial System - Recent court decisions and court calendars. For example, select trial courts, Marin County Superior and click. From here you can search for Court Appearances by date, name, and case number; rules of the court; filing fees; and other related law links.

California Society of CPA's Family Law Section - This site provides a list of forensic CPAs throughout the State that work in the family law area.

Association of Certified Family Law Specialists - An association of Family Law Specialist attorneys and their web site.

Collaborative Divorce - A non-adversarial, coordinated professional team approach that minimizes the expense of divorce while providing emotional, financial, and legal support to the couple.

Kelly Blue Book - Resource for determining values of used cars.

Consumer Price Index - US Department of Labor which provides cost of living increases.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics site, where you can get all the cost of living data direct from the source.

KnowX - This site is billed as the largest source of information about public records on the web. It includes information about lawsuits, liens, judgements, and other information that can be useful for investigative accounting in divorce.

Social Security - Another important asset not to overlook in a divorce are Social Security benefits. Here you can request a statement of your lifetime earnings and estimate of your benefits. A non working spouse may be eligible for derivative payments for a marriage over 10 years. Also, you can get some answers to uncommon divorce related questions.

California Divorce Guide - Billed as a one stop information supermarket for people wanting information and answers on family law related issues.

California Judicial Council Forms - Selected California court forms on line

Internal Revenue Service - Publication 504 - Tax information on divorced or separated individuals, costs of getting divorced.

Sonoma County Bar Association – Provides lawyer referral and membership directory.

Marin County Bar Association – Provides lawyer referral and membership directory.

American Bar Association - This is the ABA Family Law Section site which includes model Standards of Practice, abstracts from the Family Law Quarterly, discussion groups, and other interesting links.

Martindale.com - The Martindale Hubbell director online. Especially useful when searching out of state for family law practitioners.

Yahoo! stock quotes and finance - An easy site to look up the current price of that stock in your client’s portfolio. Plus historical charts, consensus analysis and more.

New Engin's Cost-of-Living Calculator- A very nice, easy to use cost of living calculator, pegged to the CPI.

Domania.com - A very easy to use free site which allows you to find the previous sale price of a particular house (by address), the sales of homes on a specified street or a range of addresses, and even a list of all homes sold within a certain price range in a general area. Also available through the site are mortgage calculators, and a variety of tools for analyzing the cost of purchasing a home or other real property.

Internal Revenue Service - Download and print out all IRS forms and most of their publications. Need to request a copy of a client’s old tax returns? Form 4506 (and the client’s signature) will get it for you. Form 8332 is the Release of Claim of Exemption form we use with most family support awards.