Summary
The most practical -- and legal -- companion through divorce ever published.
Like most people who are going through a separation or divorce, you're probably wondering "What's next?" at every turn.
So turn to Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce for clear answers that can help make your divorce simpler and reduce your expenses. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce will help you:
- understand the divorce process
- work with mediators or lawyers
- avoid expensive and painful court battles
- figure out alimony
- establish child custody and visitation
- determine child support
- divide money and property fairly
- draft a marital settlement agreement
- deal with divorce emergencies
- address post-divorce issues, and
- find helpful resources.
On every page, this book stresses the importance of minimizing conflict, explains complex legal problems concisely, and provides advice on how to protect your interests. Plus, easy-to-use charts make it simple to find the divorce laws in your state.
The updated 2nd edition has new information for planning your parenting agreement and includes a new chapter on divorce in military families. While plenty of books out there claim to cover divorce thoroughly, only Nolo consistently delivers clear legal expertise and invaluable insights. Trust Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce to help you through every step.
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Press Reviews
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"In this well-organized and easy-to-read book, readers can find succinct, practical answers to all the tough questions about divorce."
Attorney Katherine E. Stoner,
author of Divorce Without Court
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"The book on do-it-yourself divorce. Really."
CBS 5 News,
San Francisco
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"Covers the before, during, and after of divorce, counseling readers on the types of divorces, how to make decisions about living arrangements and the division of property, and how custody decisions are made."
Library Journal
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"An invaluable resource for anyone in need of good, commonsense advice about how to get through a divorce."
Attorney Andrea Palash,
certified family law specialist
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"Could save hundreds if not thousands of dollars in legal fees during the divorce process."
Chetek Alert
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"Anyone faced with divorce needs to run, not walk, to Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce... "
BookWatch
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"Arranged into 15 chapters that include nearly everything one needs to consider in divorce, from start to finish."
American Reference Books Annual
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"Explains what happens next in a divorce, including working with mediators or lawyers, figuring out alimony and child support, avoiding court battles, dividing money and property, addressing post-divorce issues and dealing with emergencies... "
Reference & Research Book News
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