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 guidecovers child custody, division of property, support, domestic violence, the rights of common-law, and same-sex couples going through separation or divorce.
Surviving Your Divorce: A Guide to Canadian Family Law; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Introduction to the 5th Edition; Chapter 1 -- Taking A Look at Ourselves: The Emotional Stages of Marriage Breakdown; Some Observations on Marriage; Emotional Stages; Marriage Counselling: Getting Help to Cope; Why Did This Happen? Th e Causes of Divorce; Transition People: Cause or Casualty; To Sum Up; Chapter 2 -- Taking A Look At Lawyers: Take Charge of the Relationship; Family Law Lawyers: A Special Breed; Finding A Lawyer; The Ideal Family Law Lawyer; The "Rights" Movements