Divorce with Decency : The Complete How- and Survivor's Guide to the Legal, Emotion and Social Issues (Rev ed)

Fifty percent of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. Most people contemplating or undergoing a divorce find the experience confusing or frustrating.

This revised edition of Divorce with Decency includes the most current research, statistics, and insights on the effects of divorce on spouses, their children, and society overall.

Written by a leading divorce lawyer with more than twenty-five years of experience, it is the most comprehensive treatment of the many aspects of divorce available in a single volume.

Initial sections look at the dynamics of divorce (the causal factors, the common "stages" from initial separation onward, and the complications surrounding each stage for older and younger couples and children).

Important information on spouse abuse, often absent from divorce guides, is included.

The book discusses key criteria in selecting an attorney and gives expert advice on directing and monitoring the course of a case efficiently and economically.

Detailed background on critical legal issues is provided, followed by case histories highlighting key points of divorce law. "Divorce Hawaiian Style" briefly explains Hawai`i's "no-fault" divorce statute and other legal and social concerns specific to the Fiftieth State.

Finally, the section "Life after Divorce" looks at the newly divorced as they face single parenthood, new relationships, remarriage, and other "aftershocks." Divorce with Decency will prove indispensable to anyone involved in a divorce, whether directly or indirectly.

Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other professionals will find it a useful and concise reference