Altlhough a separate issue from mediation, the practitioner may wish to review the materials concerning the annual updated edition of The Handbook of Texas Family Law.

This book is so much more than an annotated code which is a common research tool, and includes the text with its own index, AND the family code, with its index.

The text covers a wide variety of legal issues not found in the code, such as ERISA, retirement formulas, the easy formula for economic contribution, practice tips and practice alerts.

Cases are cited to the text, giving the practitioner the law needed or an immediate starting point where more detailed research is required.

Vitually any topic can be found in the text index--"The best index in Texas." Additonally, the table of cases and table of code section numbers will take you immediately to the relevant text sections.

This book is available through Thomson West Publishing Co. For more information, click on the book link for a further discription of this volume, or you can call the publisher at 1-800-328-4880.