The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top Divorce Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Counselors, and Other Experts [Paperback]

Deborah Moskovitch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2007

Practical, savvy, and wide-ranging, this resource shows men and women how to avoid the pitfalls that turn a straightforward divorce into a nightmare. Drawing on her own personal experience, the author also brings together the best advice from a wide range of 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 to conduct an interview to find the right one, and what the full range of legal options are for each case. Further tips explain how to manage the paperwork, ways to lower legal costs, and practical advice for getting 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.

Editorial Reviews

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"Comprehensive and well done. Highly recommended."  —Library Journal

"Invaluable perspectives that will bring comfort and understanding to anyone making the myriad decisions involved in a divorce."  —Jon M. Garon, dean and professor of law, Hamline University School of Law

"Offers personal insight into her own experience balanced with professional advice from leading divorce professionals."  —Marketwire

"A clear step-by-step process to boost self-confidence and sharpen judgment."  —Jewish Free Press

"Follow this book's advice and you will save a lot of heartache, misery, and money."  —Dr. Richard A. Warshak, author, Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex

"The best advice."  —Toronto Star

About the Author

Deborah Moskovitch is the creator and facilitator of The Smart Divorce, a consulting service that provides tools and strategies for individuals contemplating or going through divorce. She has been divorced for 10 years and conducts workshops to help others through theirs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556526725
• ISBN-13: 978-1556526725
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > Law > Family & Health Law > Divorce & Separation

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why experiment with your future when you can have a Smart Divorce, September 29, 2009

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This review is from: The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top Divorce Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Counselors, and Other Experts (Paperback)

There are times when one can learn the most, not from the professionals, the book-worms or professors, but from one who has been through what lies ahead for you and your family if you do not get good sound advice. Such is the Smart Divorce. The author, Deborah Moskovitch, masterfully leads the reader through the quagmire of turmoil that she too endured. The Smart Divorce is a clear reminder that Divorce is a life altering event. Moskovitch points out that the emotional factors are often more telling then the legal issues. You need to deal with both aspects of divorce: Legal and Emotional. This book is an excellent guide on doing just that from the inception of a separation, hiring an attorney, going through the system, trying to resolve issues by ADR and much much more. As a fellow author of a book on much of the same subject matter, it is abundently clear that Moskovitch knows what she is talking about. This book is a must read especially for those who are at the beginning stages of divorce and for those who are in the thick of it as well as for those who are ready to move on. As an attorney myself, I found the ways to save on attorney fees and related costs to be particullary useful for those not so accustomed to getting raked over the coals by costly litigation. I will recommend this book to all of my family law clients. Read it and you will see why.