Gram teaches Otis how to cope and deal with his parents' divorce, to not blame himself, and to realize that he still has a family.

Are you going through a separation or divorce? Are you stressing about how to talk to your kids about it? If this is you, you need this book! Separation and divorce is hard for everyone involved. It is a scary and confusing time. Children often feel anxious, lost and even more confused than their parents. They do not understand why you are choosing to separate. Many have never seen their parents argue and so assume that this decision came out of the blue. They may feel that if you can stop loving each other you might stop loving them. All parents know this is never the case. Your child or children are your number one concern. In any decision parent make they are trying to navigate the most loving situation for them. This book is essential in letting your kids know that your separation and divorce has nothing to do with them and that as parents you are only trying to find the best most loving situation for them to grow up in. Sometimes separate home are the healthiest, most loving environment you can provide for your child so make sure they know it!

While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)—Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam. The introduction to the translation locates the compilations in a historical context and elucidates how the various issues of family law are treated. An appendix contains a collation of the significant variants among the manuscripts and printed versions of the Arabic texts. The volume concludes with a topical index and an index of names.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Christian marriage is a permanent union which requires the commitment of both spouses for its maintenance through fulfillment of its stipulations. The failure of the fulfillment of the latter provides legitimate grounds for divorce and remarriage of the innocent party. This work employs a fourfold approach for the development of NT ethical argumentation based on Richard B. Hays' Moral Vision of the New Testament. The author establishes the proper contextual grounds for the NT study through formulation of the Old Testament perspective on marriage as covenant. The relevant NT passages are examined through historical-critical and narrative-critical methods. A critical study of the main Christian traditions leads to an ecumenical formulation of the theological conclusions. Pragmatic implementation of the thesis follows an examination of the contemporary pluralistic context and applications in both Christian communities and the larger society within its legislative system.