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1st edition
Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce
by Attorney Emily Doskow
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1st edition
Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce
by Attorney Emily Doskow
First Edition
september 2006
Editor
Mary Randolph
Book design
susan putney
Production
susan putney
Proofreading
susan carlson greene
Index
Songbird indexing services
Printing
consolidated printers, inc.
Doskow, Emily. Nolo’s essential guide to divorce / Emily Doskow. p. cm. ISBN 1-4133-0452-4 (alk. paper) 1. Divorce--Law and legislation--United States--Popular works. I. Title. II. Title:
Essential guide to divorce.
KF535.Z9D67 2006
346.7301’64--dc22
2006043782
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