Family Law category: 810 books
Bonded to the Abuser
How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Tens of thousands of children are removed from home each year due to some form of child maltreatment, usually physical neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse, although sometimes for emotional abuse as well. An additional significant number of children are victims of child maltreatment but remain...
Teen Rights (and Responsibilities)
A Guide for All Teens and the Adults in Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The six sections that divide this book discuss your rights in areas such as school, home, and work. More than forty chapters contain a spectrum of topics ranging from dress codes and curfews to drug abuse and discrimination. In addition, a state-by-state legal guide provides a quick reference of individual...
Battering States
The Politics of Domestic Violence in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Battering States explores the most personal part of people's lives as they intersect with a uniquely complex state system. The book examines how statecraft shapes domestic violence: how a state defines itself and determines what counts as a family; how a state establishes sovereignty and defends its...
by Vivian C. Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Divorce can be approached in a sane manner so that you and your family can move on to take care of your emotional aspects of divorce.
What makes divorce difficult is the expectations you bring to the divorce process—expectations such as justice, revenge, vindication, and a host of other emotionally-loaded...
Marriages End. Families Don't. Divorce Wisely.
The essential handbook for navigating the process of divorce.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
*Divorce Wisely *is the comprehensive guide for anyone contemplating divorce or currently divorcing. Easy to read, this book will assist you in evaluating whether your marriage may be headed toward divorce. It also provides the information you need to navigate the legal, financial, emotional, and...
by Frederick Hertz, Attorney, Emily Doskow
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Protect yourself and your loved one with sound legal planning
Laws affecting LGBT couples have changed dramatically in the last decade--today, same-sex couples can get married in any state in the U.S.. However, for those couples who choose not to get married, it's essential to take the proper...
Test Tube Families
Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which is now a multi-billion-dollar business in the United States. Sperm and eggs are bought and sold in a market that has few barriers to its skyrocketing growth. While...
How to Recover from Divorce
The Guide to Getting Over your Ex Spouse and Starting New Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
A divoce can be one of the most difficult things that an individual will ever deal with.
It can leave individuals financially and emotionally ruined.
This guide will help individuals recover from a divorce and be happier than ever before.
Step by...
Fables of Fairy Good Heart
Divorce-A Parent's Love Lasts Forever (Ebook)
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Divorce isn't easy for anyone. But for children, the process of divorce can raise difficult questions and distinct fears-fears that parents may neither understand nor know to address. In Fables of Fairy Good Heart: Divorce-A Parent's Love Lasts Forever, author, therapist, mediator and renowned relationship...
Parenting Coordination
A Practical Guide for Family Law Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Parenting Coordination is a child-centered process for conflicted divorced and divorcing parents. The Parenting Coordinator (PC) makes decisions to help high-conflict parents who cannot agree to parenting decisions on their own. This professional text serves as a training manual for use in all states...
Framing Innocence
A Mother's Photographs, a Prosecutor's Zeal, and a Small Town's Response
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The harrowing true story of a mother whose innocent photos of her daughter resulted in child pornography charges—“an enthralling book” (Robert Coles).
When Oberlin, Ohio, resident Cynthia Stewart dropped off eleven rolls of film at a drugstore near her home, she had no idea that two snapshots...
Families and End–of–Life Treatment Decisions
An International Perspective
Language: French
Release Date: July 23, 2013
"The book of life is the supreme book that we can neither close nor reopen at will."This quotation from Lamartine, the French poet, once a perfect illustration of the end of life in bygone societies, can no longer be said to apply. In fact, today, in one out of two cases in our modern societies,...
The Limits of State Power & Private Rights
Exploring Child Protection & Safeguarding Referrals and Assessments
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book tackles a complex area of law, social policy and social work, providing a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical, practical and legal boundaries of State power following safeguarding and child protection referrals in England. The book examines the history, rationale and implications of...
Premarital Agreements
Drafting and Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Premarital Agreements, Second Edition is an updated clearly written primer that focuses on the fundamentals involved in negotiating and drafting these agreements, explaining the most critical aspects involved in creating a premarital agreement. A premarital agreement is a contract between prospective...