Ending a marriage is always difficult, but you don't have to be financially or emotionally overwhelmed. Through mediation or a collaborative divorce, you can avoid huge legal bills and debilitating conflict with your ex.

This book guides you through all the steps of negotiating a divorce settlement, using mediation or collaborative law.

Encouraging, straightforward, and inspiring, Divorce Without Court explains mediation and collaborative divorce and shows you how to:

• choose the right method for your family

• maximize opportunities for settlement

• get an agreement in writing

• find mediators, attorneys, and advisers, and

• protect your children first, last, and always.

Divorce Without Court provides information about mediation organizations, and clear examples of what you can expect in mediation or collaborative divorce.

With Downloadable forms: Get more than 20 forms, including mediation agreements, financial worksheets, and a negotiation checklist-- details inside.

Marriage is so much more than a great wedding. It's also a legal contract that binds two people together in many aspects of life, including finances. If you and your spouse can't agree on how to divide assets and debts in the event of a split, the state might end up making decisions for you. Fortunately, you can use the guidance and forms in this book to create a customized prenuptial agreement that addresses how to:

• shield each other from debts
  
• take care of children from a previous marriage
  
• clarify financial responsibilities
  
• protect hard-earned assets, and
  
• much more.