Divorce for Dummies

By John Ventura   $13.99

Divorce for Dummies provides straightforward divorce advice to all people during all stages of the divorce process.  Designed to help you proceed through the divorce process without having a mental breakdown, you will find countless divorce advice.  Some of the topics covered are the legal aspects, financial issues and emotional ramifications of the divorce process.  If you are unsure whether divorce is your only option, scared of the court procedures or worried about legal costs, let Divorce for Dummies counsel you.  You will learn to assess whether you are emotionally and financially ready for divorce, understand your basic legal rights and responsibilities, decide how you're going to divide assets and debts and secure your future, determine how much you can negotiate on your own without an attorney, how to hire the right attorney, work out the terms of your divorce without going to trial, talk to your kids about what's happening, and start a new life. Special tips for moving on and learning to become happy once again are also included.

Your Pocket Divorce Guide

By Linda C. Senn   $13.95

Your Pocket Divorce Guide is packed with ample amounts of divorce advice in the most simple and concise manner.  In as easy to read, step by step manner you will be advised on what to expect during you divorce process.  Definitions of many legal terms that will materialize during your divorce process will be explained.  To do lists are also included to guide you through this confusing process or to take the beginning steps to receive a separation agreement.  From the separation agreement to the judge’s final ruling in your divorce process, divorce advice details the steps you need to take before filing for divorce, how to find an attorney and divorce mediator, and provides an overview of the legal process.  You will also find practical suggestions on how to begin your new life in a new home or while remaining in the marital home, how to maintain both your physical and emotional health and how to adjust and move on in your new life.

Divorce: Laws of the United States

By Dan Sitarz   $11.87

Divorce: Laws of the United States was written by an attorney and includes detailed divorce laws for each of the fifty states.  Written in a clear and concise manner you will find divorce help that is up to date and easy to understand.  Each state details the laws that apply to the divorce process.  This quick reference guide also includes divorce help on many areas of family law including, filing requirements, property settlement law, child custody and child support rules.

Divorce Agreements Simplified

By Daniel Sitarz   $20.97

Divorce Agreements Simplified is your guide to understand the legal process before you spend hundreds of dollars to have an attorney explain it to you.  You will find divorce laws for all fifty states and Washington DC explained in clear and concise terms.  In addition, this book will provide you with divorce advice on such topics as how to handle property division, child support and child custody, tax issues and alimony.  Included for your convenience is Adobe Acrobat Reader and a CD of all the necessary divorce forms you will need.  This step by step divorce guide provides you with all the divorce advice and the tools you need to make you divorce process as simple as possible.

Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a

Psychologist Guide You Through the Legal

and Emotional Landscape of Divorce

By Marsha Kline Pruett   $11.20

Your Divorce Advisor will guide you through your divorce process with both the legal and the emotional assistance you require.  It will attempt to protect both your family and your finances.  You will learn how exactly to recognize the toxic emotions that may threaten your divorce case and the emotional repercussions of your decisions through out the divorce process, and how to protect your assets without destroying your family.  A large section of this book is devoted to child custody.  You will find more information on child custody here than in any other divorce related book, including child custody schedules by age.  A sample divorce agreement explained paragraph by paragraph is also included for your reference.

The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital

Conflict: A Four-Stage Approach

By Philip J. Guerin   $48.00

The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital Conflict is based on a four stage approach to treating and healing a broad range of family and marital problems.  This book is written by family theriapists who have clinically tested this model and proven it works.  You will find divorce advice on both the theory and the particulars of family therapy in a simple and easy to understand manner. 

Divorce Solutions: How to Make Any

Divorce Better

By Charles Edward Sherman   $13.97

Divorce Solutions provides you with the information to make your divorce process go as smoothly as possible.  This book will delve into all the different emotions that you may encounter as you go though your divorce process and practice divorce advice on how to effectively deal with them.  Topics also touch on the major issue of keeping business issues separate and apart from emotional issues.  Worksheets are included for easy reference.  Divorce advice also includes an extensive section on negotiating tactics to work toward agreements and resources for mediation or counseling.  You will learn, in a professional but easily understandable manner, all the insights and recommendations for protecting your rights, negotiating agreements, personal care worksheets, ten ways to divide property without fighting over it, dealing with emotional issues, and sample marital settlement agreements.

Divorcing: The Complete Guide for Men and

Women

By Melvin M. Belli   $12.57

Divorcing, authored by a family therapist and an attorney, provides you with the best of both worlds regarding your divorce process.  You will gain valuable divorce advice on both the legal and the psychological issues that typically arise during a divorce.  All aspects of divorce are covered including suggestions on how to avoid the breakup, if possible; alternatives to divorce; financial arrangements and economic interests; alimony; property settlement; strengthening communication; how to choose a lawyer; avoiding legal rip-offs; protecting children from the hurts and anxieties of separation and the effects of divorce on children; arranging  child custody; dealing with loneliness when suddenly single; as well as to emphasize that it is wrong to mistrust or back off from a promising relationship, but it is also important to take caution against future problems.

The Divorce Recovery Sourcebook

By Dawn Bradley Berry   $11.90

The Divorce Recovery Sourcebook is a compilation of information and divorce advice from family therapists, professionals in many different fields and other ordinary people who have already endured the divorce process.  All the divorce advice given is intended to guide you through the recovery stages due to the pain of the divorce process.  Written in an easy to understand and completely positive manner this book is essential for the newly divorced.  Such issues as the emotional impact of the divorce process, the effects of divorce on children, legal matters, remarriage, and blended families are discussed.  Helpful agencies and resources are also provided for your convenience.  Throughout the length of the book, you will learn how to not only eliminate such negative words as failure, blame and loneliness but also dispose of the feelings associated with these words.  Through the process of looking ahead detailed in this book, you will begin to overcome the burdens of the past, better cope with the problems of today, and have a positive focus on the future.

Between Love and Hate: A Guide to

Civilized Divorce

By Lois Gold   $13.95

Between Love and Hate is packed with divorce advice on how to handle the battles of the divorce process in a civilized manner.  This book is written in real life terms and includes points about other divorce couples and the strategies that worked for them.  Whether you are only contemplating divorce or are already in the process of a divorce, this book can help you with such divorce advice as trial separation, parenting, reestablishing oneself as single and coping with one's ex-spouse; emotional ramifications of divorce, legal matters, mediation, division of property, child custody and choosing an attorney, lessening the effects of divorce on children, how to better communicate with one's spouse during, and after, the divorce and how to deal with unreasonable spouses.

Promises to Keep

By David Popenoe   $30.95      

Promises to Keep is written by a team of people involved in and concerned with the divorce epidemic of this nation, including attorneys, theologians, social scientists and policy makers.  Compiled as a collection of essays each touches on the subject of the sanctity of marriage and the ways in which our society and culture has encouraged divorce and unwed parenthood.  Divorce advice is included for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created hardships for and undesirable effects on children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with unbearable social costs.  

Divorce: A Four Letter Word

By Peter L. Grieco Jr.   $26.95

What are your fears? How and when do you tell your spouse? Will I ever see my children? Who pays? And how much will a lawyer cost?  If these are some of the questions plaguing you, Divorce: A Four Letter Word, can help.   Packed with ample divorce advice, this book will provide you with the whole picture on the divorce process.  Written as a detailed schedule of what’s going to happen throughout your divorce process and when it’s going to happen, you will know every step in advance so you can be well prepared.  You will find divorce help on both the legal and the emotional issues that you will be facing, in simple terms and in order to make this as easy and inexpensive as possible.  You will be provided with examples, checklists, case studies, guidelines and sample documents.  This is a book that you will need to read no matter what point in the process you are at: beginning, middle or end and still not sure what is going on.  Divorce advice cover such topics as, finding a lawyer who is right for you; getting the necessary counseling help for you or your children; coping with depression, loss, loneliness and anger; keeping legal costs down - methods for you and your spouse to use; telling the children and transitioning them through the changes in their lives; negotiating for a win/win divorce settlement; preparing for a divorce - a checklist of what to do; finding creative solutions to child custody battles.

Surviving Divorce

By John Bradshaw   $9.60

Surviving Divorce is your divorce guide on how to endure one of the most difficult times of your life.  Through Surviving Divorce you will lean that your divorce process doesn’t need to be so painful.  With the proper assistance and practical information provided you can get through your divorce process and life after divorce much more smoothly.  Even if you are only anticipating the divorce process, are in the middle or have already completed one, Surviving Divorce can help.  Divorce advice is provided on common mistakes to avoid while trying to heal as well as tools to use for your survival. 

Splitting Up: Enmeshment and

Estrangement in the Process of Divorce

By Alvin Pam   $48.00

Splitting Up is not your typical divorce guide.  In Splitting Up you will learn the process of enmeshment and estrangement during divorce.  Where most books offer divorce advice on how to handle the effects of divorce this book takes you on a journey through the emotional process of divorce.  Through numerous case examples such emotions as separation, jealousy, guilt, reconciliation and rejection are analyzed.  Both psychological and cultural perspectives are included to cover all aspects that pertain to this dynamic look at the changing nature of today’s relationships.  Divorce advice also covers such issues as: why marriages fail, the feelings and reactions of the rejecting and rejected partners, the psychodynamics of jealousy, the possibility of reconciliation, and the effects of divorce on children.  Broken down into six sections, each covers a different aspect of the emotional breakup including, separation, jealousy, severe reactions to being rejected, effects of divorce on children, letting go versus reconciliation and psychological and social adjustment.  Chapters are broken down as follows: Why Can't They Be Civilized, Dynamics of the Couple-System; The Counter symbiant Partner; The Symbiant Mate; Leaving, Infidelity vs. Jealousy: Social History of a Dialectic; Geometry of the Eternal Triangle; The Defilement Taboo: Jealousy's Legacy; Suicide: In the Shadow of the Object; Crimes of Passion; Psychosomatic Reactions to Rejection in Love; Sexual Dysfunction after Breakup; Children of Divorce in the New American Families; How Feasible is "Cooperation where Children Are Concerned"; The Fairy-Tale Divorce for Children; Love's Labor Lost: Letting Go; Reconciliation; The Psychotherapy of Marital Breakups; The Issue of Guilt.

Readings in Family Law: Divorce and Its

Consequences

By Frederica K. Lombard   $27.75

Readings in Family Law provides you with divorce advice and how to handle the consequences of the divorce process.  You will find a compilation of specific readings dealing with family law and the divorce laws.  These readings are organized so that you may gain a better understanding of what you face during the divorce process.  This text also provides divorce advice to facilitate discussions leading to new solutions for old problems.  Divorce advice also includes the effects of divorce on children and spouses as well as how to handle financial problems.

The Unofficial Guide to Divorce

By Sharon Naylor   $11.89

The Unofficial Guide to Divorce is packed with divorce advice for every situation.  This book is written by both a therapist and an attorney and therefore provides you with both sides of the coin.  Whether an issue seems big or small, you will find divorce help here.  Divorce advice covers such issues as: whether you need an attorney and how to choose one; the legal processes of the filing and court actions; assets; alimony; child custody; survival; how to deal with your emotions, your ex, your children, and your parents; discord resolution, problem solving, and where to go for help; post-divorce issues are also included like the legal, financial, and insurance circumstances that often arise; help to relieve the anxiety of the unknown, warnings to help you avoid common pitfalls, important suggestions on how to protect yourself and win your case in court, and personal anecdotes that keep you from feeling so isolated and lost.  For your convenience you will also find a glossary of legal terms, an appendix of resources, including Internet sites, sample divorce documents, and a checklist to help keep you on track. This book provides you with a light in the darkness.