About this item
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce explains what to expect through each stage of divorce. It helps readers: . understand the divorce process . learn about different types of divorce, including mediated, collaborative, and contested . identify and divide property and assets fairly . work with mediators or lawyers . avoid expensive and painful court battles . establish child custody and visitation . handle child support issues, including how support is paid and enforced . draft a marital settlement agreement .
About the Author
Emily Doskow is a practicing attorney and mediator who has been working with families in the Bay Area for more than 30 years. She specializes in family law, including adoption, surrogacy, parentage issues, prenuptial agreements, and mediated and collaborative divorce. She is a graduate of Berkeley Law at the University of California at Berkeley and currently resides in Oakland. As an editor and author for Nolo, she has authored or coauthored numerous titles, including Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce; The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life & Build Community (with Janelle Orsi) , Making It Legal (with Frederick Hertz) , and many others.
