Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case

Here's the low-down on how to handle a civil court case from start to finish. Readers learn how to: analyze the legitimacy of a case, make an opening statement, line up persuasive witnesses, present testimony in court, cross-examine opponents, pick a jury. For people dealing with a personal injury claim, a landlord-tenant dispute, a small business scrape or any of the dozens of other possible legal muddles, this book points the way through the complex court system. Includes a chapter dealing with the specifics of handling a divorce, child custody or child support action.