Divorce: Making the Break

Following the death of one of their children, David Bell and his wife's marriage fell apart. They decided to divorce amicably, but as the divorce process progressed, it slowly took on a life of its own and spiraled out of control. During this period, David sought out and read most of the books currently available on divorce. After this study, he realized that there was no one unbiased book of simple, sound, practical advice on the process and its many legal and mental pitfalls and the healing period that must follow. In researching Divorce, David compiled through consensus the best advice of legal, mental health, and child-rearing experts whose books he had read. He put this information together with many divorce sagas -- good and bad -- that he gathered from divorced acquaintances and wrote the book of advice that he wished he had been privy to before he began his own lengthy, costly, and mentally trying divorce. Divorce: Making the Break carefully and compassionately tours the divorce process from the very first considerations one has when contemplating divorce through getting back on one's feet once the divorce is completed. Along the way, the reader is advised about ways of controlling anger and not demonizing the divorcing partner; putting the concerns of children first; avoiding destructive, warring attitudes; equitably dealing with child custody matters; choosing a divorce forum (mediation or litigation); finding good, honorable legal representation; working with judges and accountants; and putting personal lives back together after the trauma of divorce. A thorough yet tidy handbook made up of many small sections that can be easily digested during a time a crisis, when one's mental attention may not be at its most acute, Divorce will guide both husbands and wives to a dissolution of marriage that is as peaceable and constructive as possible.