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

9780470831946: Surviving Your Divorce: A Guide to Canadian Family Law
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When people are going through the emotional trauma of separation and divorce, they turn to Canada's best-selling guide to family law, "Surviving Your Divorce". In it, family law expert Michael G. Cochrane, LL.B., answers questions such as: What are my rights? What will happen to the children? How much does divorce cost? "Surviving Your Divorce" is a non-technical book that explains the legal options available to married, common-law, and same-sex couples going through separation or divorce. This popular guide: covers child custody, division of property, support, domestic violence, the rights of common-law couples, and much more; provides tips and strategies to help you negotiate separation and divorce with your lawyer, potentially saving a lot of time and money; includes real-life stories that illustrate the application of family law; includes samples of key legal and financial documents, a comprehensive resource section, and a glossary of legal terms. Be prepared for the process of div

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" 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, with-out 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 for couples 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 eleigible for spousal support? Will I get custody of my children? ow can I find and hire a good lawyer? What are other 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 while 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:

  • New to this 3rd edition: Current issues in the area of spousal support, revised guidelines for calculating child support, recent changes to property division laws, a new section called, "What Will We Tell the Children?" and more.
  • Written in non-legal language, this easy-to-read guide provides clear and candid advice on the entire process.
  • Covers every aspect of relationship breakdown, divorce, and separation, including the emotional stages of marriage breakdown, child custody, domestic violence, the rights of common-law spouses, wills, and more.
  • Provides crucial tips and strategies that may help you save thousands of dollars in legal fees.
  • Includes samples of key legal and financial documents, and a glossary of legal terms.
About the Author:
Michael G. Cochrane, LL.B. (Toronto, Ontario), has been practicing law in Ontario for over twenty years and is currently a lawyer with the firm Ricketts, Harris. As a senior policy lawyer with the Ontario Attorney General, he was involved with the reform of Ontario's family laws. He has appeared as a legal expert on the Dini Petty Show, Jane Hawtin Live, ROBTV, Goldhawk Live, CBC's Counterspin, TVO, and Real Life. He is also the author of Surviving Your Parents' Divorce: A Guide for Young Canadians (Wiley: 0-471-64398-X), and For Better or for Worse: The Canadian Guide to Marriage Contracts and Cohabitation Agreements (Wiley: 0-471-64206-1). He is also Co-Editor of the National Annual Review on Civil Litigation.

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  • PublisherWiley
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0470831944
  • ISBN 13 9780470831946
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number3
  • Number of pages320
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