Surviving Your Divorce: A Guide to Canadian Family Law - Softcover

Cochrane, Michael G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047083952X ISBN 13: 9780470839522

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

Trusted advice to help you through your divorce or separation.

Divorce doesn't have to be messy and bitter to be difficult. Even the most amicable break-ups are tough for everyone concerned. It's hard to understand and deal with the legal and financial consequences of a marriage breakdown in such an emotionally charged time. Surviving Your Divorce is the breakthrough book that takes readers past the legal jargon of divorce and offers clear and candid guidance on how to survive a divorce or separation legally, financially, and emotionally. It combines essential information about the law with practical advice on everyday issues.

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From the Back Cover:

Praise for earlier editions of Surviving Your Divorce

"In an eminently readable way, Cochrane tackles and demystifies topics ranging from the emotional stages of marriage breakdown and domestic violence to hiring and firing lawyers, the family-law court system, division of family property, support, custody and access, common-law spouses, and alternatives to the courtroom...The book is not intended to convince you to go it alone, without a lawyer; it's designed, rather, to help you know what to expect when  you do go. This is a book full of common-sense advice delivered in plain talk."
—Montreal Gazette

"This readable, informative book is packed with all the information necessary to make informed decisions about marriage and divorce agreements. Cochrane has taken pains to describe just about every legal pitfall and divorce experience imaginable, and in great detail."
—Calgary Herald

DIVORCE IS TOUGH. It’s hard to understand and deal with the legal and financial consequences of a break-up during such an emotionally charged time. Many questions plague those going through a divorce or relationship breakdown: Am I eligible for spousal support? Will I get custody of my children? How can I find and hire a good lawyer? Are there alternatives to a lengthy and messy court battle? How will this divorce affect my income tax and my personal finances? The list goes on....

Surviving Your Divorce is a highly readable guide that answers these and other questions, explaining the legal issues and options available to married and common-law couples going through divorce or separation. Harness all the knowledge this vital resource has to offer:

• Written in non-legal language, this easy-to-read guide offers clear and candid advice on the entire process
• Covers every aspect of relationship breakdown, divorce, and separation: emotional stages of marriage breakdown, child custody, property division, support, domestic violence, rights of common-law spouses, wills, what to tell the children, and more.
• Provides tips and strategies that may help you save thousands of dollars in legal fees.
• Includes samples of key legal and financial documents, anecdotes and examples, and a glossary of legal terms.

About the Author:

Michael Cochrane, LL.B., has been practising law in Ontario for over 26 years and is a partner with the firm Ricketts, Harris LLP. He is the host of Strictly Legal on ROB TV and has appeared as a guest legal expert on many radio and TV programs, including Canada AM, CBC’s Counterspin, and TVO. He writes a regular column for Luxe Magazine, and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics to companies, associations, and at conferences. Visit his website at www.michaelcochrane.ca.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 047083952X
• ISBN 13: 9780470839522
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 320