Your Divorce Advisor : A Lawyer and a Psychologist GuideYou Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce
Janet Johnston Executive Director, Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, and author ofIn the Name of the ChildYour Divorce Advisor, written by a seasoned lawyer-and-psychologist team, is a gem of a guidebook that empowers divorcing adults to take control of their own divorce -- legally, financially, and emotionally. It walks the reader through the divorce process, step by step. Vital information about financial matters and state-of-the-art research about the needs of children allow the reader to make constructive decisions for themselves and for their children, setting them on the pathway toward solutions that work for everybody involved. All of this is presented in a manner that is compassionate, sensible, and most comforting.Nancy Dunnan author ofDunnan's Guide to Your Investments, 2001We know that divorce creates problems -- for the couple, their children, their family, their friends....Mercer and Pruett have done something other experts have failed to do: They have created rock-solid solutions based on their recognition that financial and legal decisions are inextricably influenced, even governed, by emotional feelings. The result: They offer a rare combination of legal, emotional, personal, and financial advice that makes this guidebook must reading, not only for anyone going through divorce but also for anyone knowing someone who is.Forrest S. Mosten President, Mosten Mediation CentersYour Divorce Advisorbrilliantly and compassionately deals with the common challenges facing anyone going through a divorce. If your marriage is in trouble, you should buyYour Divorce Advisorbefore you hire a lawyer. Lawyers and therapists should recommendYour Divorce Advisorbefore the very first client meeting.Louis Parley author ofThe Ethical Family LawyerYour Divorce Advisoris the most comprehensive divorce book on the market. It covers the legal issues extensively and is the only book to also tell you what you can expect to feel along the way. It offers an invaluable strategy for coping with the emotional demands of divorce, and has the best advice on talking with your kids about the divorce that I've read anywhere. It is the one book I will recommend to my divorcing clients.