The Smart Divorce

Practical, savvy, and wide-ranging, thisresource shows men and women how to avoid the pitfalls that turn a straightforward divorce into a nightmare. Drawing on her own personalexperience, the author also brings together the best advice from awide rangeof experts that include divorce attorneys, mental-health professionals, and financial gurus. This guide coaches separating couples how to build a shortlist of the best divorce attorneys in their area, how toconduct an interviewto find the rightone, and what the full range of legal options are for each case.Further tips explainhow to manage the paperwork, ways to lower legal costs, and practical advice forgetting back to "normal" once the divorce is finalized. This reassuring manual also explains the stages of divorce grief and how to separate the emotional divorce from the legal divorce."