Divorce with Decency

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  • Common Phases of Divorce

    • Predictable Emotional Way Stations

      • Sexual Revolutions Periods of Promiscuity and Personal





  • Separation: The Beginning of the End?

  • Divorcing Couples

    • The Uncoupling Process



  • The Women

    • Older Women

    • Younger Women



  • The Men

    • Older Men

    • Younger Men



  • The Economics of Divorce

  • Chapter 4 Kids in Crisis

    • The Children of Divorce

      • Boys

      • Girls



    • Different Ages = Different Impacts

      • Infants and Toddlers

      • Grade School and Early Childhood

      • Adolescence

      • Post-Adolescence



    • Custody and Visitation Arrangements



  • Chapter 5 Into the Courtroom

    • Economically and Efficiently Hot Tips on How to Process Your Divorce

    • Attorney Selection

      • Resolution (ADR) Mediation and Alternative Dispute





  • Chapter 6 The Legal Issues Contents ix

    • Grounds for Divorce

    • Separation

    • Annulment

    • Residency

    • Jurisdiction

    • Orders for Temporary Relief/Discovery

    • Property Division Guidelines

    • Specific Property Settlement Items

      • Marital Property Classifications and Allocations of

        • How Marital Property Is Divided

        • Real Property

        • Pensions and Retirement Plans

        • Bank and Other Accounts

        • Debts

        • Final Settlement Payments

        • Attorneys’ Fees

        • Taxes





    • Alimony

    • Custody

      • Sole Custody

      • Joint Custody

      • Joint Legal Custody

      • Joint Physical Custody

      • Visitation

      • Contested Custody

      • Interstate Custody



    • Child Support

    • Medical Insurance

    • Issues in Military Divorces

    • Resumption of Maiden Name

    • Premarital Agreements x Contents

    • Spouse Abuse and Domestic Violence

    • Paternity

    • Common-Law Marriage/Palimony

    • War Stories Chapter 7 Case Histories, Anecdotes, and

    • Reports from the Front

      • A Murderous Divorce

      • The Forged P-Note

      • Drunk Dialing Costs Custody

      • Divorce and Rape

      • Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

      • Drugs, Dishonesty, and Divorce

      • A Care Home Gets Carelessly Conveyed

      • The Man Who Was Almost a Bigamist

      • Pandora’s Box

        • ’Til Death Do Us Part Separation ≠ Divorce Otherwise It’s



      • Divorce and Bankruptcy

      • Not Everything Is As It Seems





  • Chapter 8 Life after Divorce

    • The Single Parent

    • New Romances and New Relationships

      • The Continuing Cohabitation Option

      • Facing Your Family

      • Refinding Your Friends



    • Remarriage

      • Re-Tying the Knot: Some Pros and Cons



    • Stepfamilies

    • Relations between Former Spouses



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