The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top Divorce Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Counselors, and Other

Description

Practical, savvy, and wide-ranging, this resource shows men and women how to avoid the pitfalls that turn a straightforward divorce into a nightmare. Drawing on her own personal experience, the author also brings together the best advice from a wide range of experts that include divorce attorneys, mental-health professionals, and financial gurus. This guide coaches separating couples how to build a shortlist of the best divorce attorneys in their area, how to conduct an interview to find the right one, and what the full range of legal options are for each case. Further tips explain how to manage the paperwork, ways to lower legal costs, and practical advice for getting back to "normal" once the divorce is finalized. This reassuring manual also explains the stages of divorce grief and how to separate the emotional divorce from the legal divorce.

Deborah Moskovitch is the creator and facilitator of The Smart Divorce, a consulting service that provides tools and strategies for individuals contemplating or going through divorce. She has been divorced for 10 years and conducts workshops to help others through theirs.

"Comprehensive and well done. Highly recommended." --Library Journal "Invaluable perspectives that will bring comfort and understanding to anyone making the myriad decisions involved in a divorce." --Jon M. Garon, dean and professor of law, Hamline University School of Law "Offers personal insight into her own experience balanced with professional advice from leading divorce professionals." --Marketwire "A clear step-by-step process to boost self-confidence and sharpen judgment." --Jewish Free Press "Follow this book's advice and you will save a lot of heartache, misery, and money." --Dr. Richard A. Warshak, author, Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex "The best advice." -- Toronto Star