Divorce can be tough, scary, and expensive. You have to deal with emotional issues, financial issues, and legal issues. If you have children, you also have to address their needs. Colin and Martin show you how to * set the stage for an inexpensive divorce, gather information, and avoid some pitfalls * get some free or nearly free legal advice about your specific legal questions * take good care of yourself as your life changes in big ways * make the family changes easier for your kids to handle * find free or low-cost, good-quality therapy for your kids if they need additional help * structure a solid co-parenting plan, and * work with a reluctant or argumentative spouse. If you want a road map to help you handle your divorce mostly as a do-it-yourself process, thereby saving huge amounts of money, then this guide is what you need.

IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE, YOU NEED A FRIEND AND A GUIDE Divorce can be intimidating, but you don't have to go through it alone. Miles Mason, Sr. set out to create the ultimate handbook to help a spouse through the divorce process. To that end, this book addresses a variety of topics that the compassionate professionals of the Miles Mason Family Law Group know best, including advice needed to get the learning process started, hiring your divorce team, custody and parenting plans, and how courts view dating during separation. The book is easy to read, and will be a valuable tool as you find your way through the divorce process. Miles Mason, Sr. JD, CPA is a divorce lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Mason is recognized as a Tennessee "Super Lawyer" and was awarded a "Superb" (10/10) rating on Avvo. Frequently interviewed by television news and national media for commentary, Inside Memphis Business named Mason a "Family Law Power Player," and the Memphis Bar Foundation honored him as a fellow. He has also been inducted into the Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame for his community service. You can find additional information, as well as updates to this book, at MemphisDivorce.com and its Tennessee Family Law Blog. You don't have to go it alone.

This new and comprehensive book will give you exactly what you need to understand and comply with the law. It provides an overview of the provisions for the new Bankruptcy Reform Act including new sanctions provisions in Chapter 7 cases; regulation of attorneys as debt relief agencies; heightened requirements for reaffirmation agreements.

You may need to journey down the warpath to stand up for what you must. Or if you and your X2B don't hate each other just because you are getting a divorce, you may work together to custom design your new, separate lives, or your new two-home family. This book tells you in detail exactly what you need know to make informed decisions, describes how you can write up your decisions in a legally binding document, or what will happen if you go to court. The back of the book contains a chart for the easy comparison of the litigation, negotiation, collaboration and mediation processes, along with many helpful financial worksheets. You will also find an explanation of the Informative Mediation Process, and an extremely useful General List of Topics to be Resolved. Whether sitting down to work it out, or standing up to fight it out, for information to help shape and control your new future, and to control the costs, don't wait one minute more to order The Four Ways of Divorce.

Detailed in scope, Virginia Domestic Relations Handbook poses possible solutions to unresolved areas of law and discusses alternatives to litigation. It includes references to standard Virginia legal treatises and provides a number of helpful forms. The author organizes the text into three sections: creation of family relationships, legal consequences of the ongoing family, and dissolution of family relationships.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average woman's family income drops by 37% after divorce. Do you know what assets or how much alimony or child support you are entitled to receive? Has your spouse threatened to leave you penniless? Have you spoken to an attorney and gotten sticker-shock? Do you earn too much money to qualify for free legal aid? This book was written to help the low- and moderate-income women the legal system has abandoned by walking a hypothetical self-represented woman step-by-step through the divorce process, including: -- How to prepare financially to stand on your own two feet; -- What the court can, and cannot do for you; -- 'Legwork' that can save you money on legal fees and help you get a better outcome; -- How much child support and alimony you might be entitled to receive; -- Custody disputes … 'fatal flaws' and how you can fix them. -- How to show a judge that your spouse is lying about their assets and income; -- What property you are entitled to receive … and should ask for; -- Ways vindictive ex-spouses can hide money … and how to prove they are lying; -- Real life dirty tricks, traps, and pitfalls highlighted so you can avoid them; -- How to find a good attorney (if you can afford one), save money on legal fees, or combine “a la carte” legal advice with your own efforts if you can't afford to hire a full-service attorney; -- Mediation and court-connected Alternative Dispute Resolution … benefits and pitfalls; -- How to dig up information your spouse doesn't want you to know (discovery) like an attorney; -- Common court forms and how to fill them out; -- Separation Agreements dissected and clarified; including two blank fill-in-the form boilerplates which you can download and use in your own divorce; -- Sample discovery requests and motions – we’ll dissect each motion and show what information you can use it to get; -- Sample hearing scripts for common court hearings (including Restraining Order hearings, Temporary Order hearings, Custody Dispute hearings, Contempt hearings, and parts of a mock-Trial); -- Restraining orders … how to get one … how to keep one; Filled with helpful examples of common court forms and legal pleadings, this book will introduce you to everything you NEVER wanted to know about divorce … but need to come up to speed … FAST!!! This is the only self-help legal book written by a woman who was once in your shoes who later went back to school to become an attorney! BONUS: links to download, edit and print blank Separation Agreement forms. The 6th Edition has been completely updated with the latest case law, including ways to sensitively handle a Christian divorce, caveats regarding same-sex couple custody disputes post-Obergefell, and a completely rewritten Separation Agreement chapter with suggested clauses for unusual situations such as extraordinary school fees, private school or homeschooling. Book 1 of the "Divorce Bootcamp Self-Help Legal series" . KIRKUS: “A solid, informative self-help divorce guide. This exhaustive…guide covers a range of topics related to contested and uncontested divorces, including how to gather documentation of assets, estimate child support and alimony, and even, if necessary, obtain restraining orders. She discusses many topics related to asset division and child custody, including marital debt and visitation rights. The book is aimed at the broadest possible audience, but also discusses variations in state laws.” (Review of the 5th Edition). . Legal Disclaimer: This book is not meant to constitute legal advice. The author is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts. Links have been provided to direct women to their local court resources in all 50 states, but the court forms, case histories and property division examples used are loosely based upon Massachusetts examples. This book is NOT a replacement for consultation with a licensed local attorney.

In a simple question-and-answer format, the book gently explains what divorce is, why parents decide to divorce, new living arrangements, how to handle feelings, and other basics to help children understand what's happening in their lives

When a high-conflict divorce drags on, it can leave you feeling anxious, depressed, and hopeless. Psychotherapist and former Huffington Post contributor Virginia Gilbert, MFT, explains how to disengage from a toxic ex, successfully parallel parent when conventional co-parenting fails, diffuse conflict, and grow and flourish as a person.