Getting Divorced Without Ruining Your Life: A Reasoned, Practical Guide to the Legal, Emotional and Financial Ins and Outs of Negotiating a Divorce Settlement.

Fireside, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Mild shelf wear & one spine crease on cover. Lightly aged pages, name on endpage, no marks in text. Description: One out of every two marriages ends in divorce -usually with bitter feelings on both sides. Having helped hundreds of couples negotiate their own divorces, Sam Margulies shows how divorce -the final joint endeavor in marriage -can be effected amicably. Comforting and authoritative, Getting Divorced Without Ruining Your Life takes you through the entire process step by step, from making the decision to finalizing the agreement, with detailed advice on how to: * Avoid the war your friends say is inevitable, * Negotiate directly with your spouse, despite the natural emotional pitfalls, * Tailor a parenting agreement to your children's needs as well as your own, * Determine child support, alimony, and property division so that everyone can maintain the best possible standard of living, * Stay in charge of your divorce by limiting the roles of lawyers, mediators, and other professionals. -With information culled from real-life case studies and the author's substantial experience, this book walks you through the emotional, legal, and economic realities of divorce. Getting Divorced Without Ruining Your Life shows you not only how to protect your own interests, but how to negotiate a divorce agreement that works for both partners. A good divorce settlement can be the fresh start to your new life.