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Recommended Books and Resources
Divorce is overwhelming enough without having to deal with the financial, personal, and legal paperwork. When you are organized, you feel more confident, and you are more likely to get what you want. The Divorce Organizer and Planner is your guide to managing your divorce and getting what you want–while keeping your legal expenses to a minimum. Written by a family attorney with years of experience helping people navigate the divorce process, this book empowers you with the knowledge and tools you need to take control of your divorce.
The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Financial Security When Getting a Divorce helps both men and women survive economically, and ultimately thrive, with actionable how-to instructions and explanations such as:
- Learn why an even split now is often anything but equitable later, and how to base a fair settlement on cash-flow and net-worth projections appropriate to your marriage’s “economic history.”
- Find out when and why mediation or arbitration, mostly do-it-yourself, or the new “collaborative-attorneys divorce” are preferable to traditional adversarial-attorney divorce, as well as determine needs for other specialized professional advice.
- Construct sold financial-action plans–for before, during and after the divorce–that control expenses and use optimal tax planning to preserve the maximum marital assets.
- Understand complex property and support issues such as commingled funds, both spouses’ rights to pensions and social security, business valuation, creative management of the marital home, and front-loaded spousal support.
Like most people who are going through a separation or divorce, you’re probably wondering “What’s next?” at every turn. 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
- find helpful resources
- and much more
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 easy to find the divorce laws of your state.
DivorceNet® is the Internet’s largest divorce resource, offering state-specific articles, an online community and a nationwide directory of divorce lawyers, mediators and financial professionals.
The Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide provides Women who are separated, divorced or facing divorce a free online resource filled with practical knowledge known only by divorce lawyers and survivors of perilous divorces. It is a dynamic, round-the-clock site filled with stress reducing, money-saving tips, state-specific resources and links, and articles that show women how to tackle problems common to every divorce, regardless of where you are filing.