NOTES:

1. All the links on this page are offsite links which open a new window. 
2. See the following for a third party version of this page organized by subject matter: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_statutes
3. The content of this page and MUCH more is contained in the following free exhaustive and EXCELLENT free references:
   4.1  SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.003 (OFFSITE LINK).
   4.2  SEDM Jurisdictions Database Online, Litigation Tool #09.004 (OFFSITE LINK) -ONLINE continuously updated version of previous item. 
   4.3  Family Legal Assistant (FLA) Case Management Database (OFFSITE LINK).
4. See Findlaw website at http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html for further details on each state.
5. Legislative surveys of each of the 50 states which compare specific statutes of one state with the others are also available through:
   5.1  SEDM Jurisdictions Database, Litigation Tool #09.003 (OFFSITE LINK).
   5.2  SEDM Jurisdictions Database Online, Litigation Tool #09.004 (OFFSITE LINK) -ONLINE continuously updated version of previous item. 
   5.3  Family Legal Assistant (FLA) Case Management Software (OFFSITE LINK) - contains the SEDM Jurisdictions Database Online, Litigation Tool #09.004 in its entirety.
   5.4  Paid subscription from Westlaw in an offering called "50 State Surveys" (OFFSITE LINK).
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