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Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder Randi Kreger, Bill Eddy LCSW JD Protect Yourself from Manipulation, False Accusations, and Abuse Divorce is difficult under the best of circumstances. When your spouse has borderline personality disorder (BPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or is manipulative, divorcing can be especially complicated. While people with these tendencies may initially appear convincing and even charming to lawyers and judges, you know better—many of these “persuasive blamers” leverage false accusations, attempt to manipulate others, launch verbal and physical attacks, and do everything they can to get their way. Splitting is your legal and psychological guide to safely navigating a high-conflict divorce from an unpredictable spouse. Written by Bill Eddy, a family lawyer, therapist, and divorce mediator, and Randi Kreger, coauthor of the BPD classic Stop Walking on Eggshells, this book includes all of the critical information you need to work through the process of divorce in an emotionally balanced, productive way. Turn to this guide to help you: - Predict what your spouse may do or say in court
- Take control of your case with assertiveness and strategic thinking
- Choose a lawyer who understands your case
- Learn how e-mails and social networking can be used against you
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A Father's Love: One Man's Unrelenting Battle to Bring His Abducted Son Home David Goldman What would you do if your four-year-old son was abducted—by your spouse? In June 2004, David Goldman took his Brazilian wife, Bruna, and their son, Sean, to the airport. She told him that they would be returning to New Jersey after a two-week vacation. Once there, however, Bruna informed Goldman that she was staying in Brazil—and keeping Sean. In the courts, Goldman found himself outmaneuvered by the legal machinations of Bruna’s new husband, a member of one of Brazil’s most powerful families. But Goldman never gave up, appealing to the media and the highest levels of the U.S. government for help. A Father’s Love is the story of Goldman’s incredible five-year battle to reunite with his abducted child – and an inspiring celebration of an ordinary man’s love for his son. |
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Eyes of a Child Richard North Patterson Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget.
Paget has motive--it's his son accused of abusing Elena, his political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man's accusations, and his alibi that is dangerously threadbare.
And the shocking revelations that threaten to explode in the courtroom may remain hidden forever...by Chris Paget's refusal to testify on his own behalf...by Elena's tangled loyalties...and by dark secrets that some desperately wish to keep silent....
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They're Your Kids Too: The Single Father's Guide to Defending Your Fatherhood in a Broken Family Law System Anne Mitchell The "must have" book for any single or soon-to-be-single father (or anyone involved with a single father), written by fathers' rights lawyer Anne P. Mitchell. Mitchell is a nationally recognized fathers’ rights attorney and spokesperson, and was one of the first fathers’ rights attorneys in the country. She is the founder of DadsRights.org, and a leading advocate for children of divorce having a strong relationship with both parents, even in a social and legal climate that often seeks to reduce fathers to weekend “visitors”.
Now the advice and information to which only Anne's clients once had access is available in this straight-forward, plain English, easy-to-read book. In addition to sections on parental alienation, parental kidnapping, and false allegations, Mitchell includes a section on how to ensure your children can still have a well-adjusted childhood, checklists for various issues you may encounter, and a directory of legal organizations and clinics in all 50 states. |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce Emily Doskow Attorney This book guides you through all stages of separation and divorce with practical wisdom and compassion. Make the process simpler and reduce your expenses armed with information that will help you: understand the divorce process; learn the difference between different types of divorce, including mediated, collaborative, and contested; how to identify and divide property and assets fairly; work with mediators or lawyers; avoid expensive and painful court battles; establish child custody and visitation; handle child support issues, including how support is paid and enforced; draft a marital settlement agreement; deal with divorce emergencies; address post-divorce issues; negotiate and settle spousal support and includes state-specific charts! |
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Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce Violet Woodhouse Attorney CFP, Dale Fetherling Divorce & Money guides readers through the complicated, often sticky process of sorting out finances during divorce. It covers how to:determine the real value of the house, investments and other property, divide debts, set alimony and child support, negotiate a settlement that's fair to both sides.Bursting with practical strategies for surviving a divorce without going broke, the book provides worksheets, charts, formulas and tables. |
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A Dance With the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath Barbara Bentley Her marriage to retired Navy admiral John Perry seemed almost too good to be true. Because it was…
At the start of her relationship with the intelligent and worldly John Perry, Barbara Bentley couldn’t believe her luck—so when things didn’t add up, she struggled to ignore her doubts. She kept trying to put the pieces together—unaware that some of them were simply missing. Even as he drained her credit, dodged her questions, manipulated her and misled her, she stayed with him, suppressing her growing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to kill her, proving himself not a protector and provider, but a predator.
This is Barbara’s courageous, compelling story, in her own words—of the slow, choking darkness that fell after the honeymoon was over, what it took to finally drive her to escape and start her life anew, and her tireless efforts to protect other women and help them learn from her example. |
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits (Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability, 1st ed) David A. Morton III, Spencer Sherman Social Security disability is an enormous program, with hundreds of thousands of people participating each year. Consequently, it's easy for both participants and first-time applicants to get lost in the system's bureaucracy. Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an essential book for anyone dealing with a long-term or permanent disability. Written both for first-time applicants and those who already receive Social Security disability, Dr. David Morton's book demystifies the program in plain English, thoroughly explaining: * what Social Security disability is
* what benefits are available to disabled children
* how to prove a disability
* how age, education and work experience affect benefits
* whether or not one can work while receiving benefits
* how to appeal a denial of benefits
* how to respond to a Continuing Disability Review * and much more Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability also provides in-depth information on various health problems, including: * breathing disabilities
* heart disease
* mental disorders
* speech impairments
* cancer
* immune system disorders
* and much more This comprehensive and compassionate book, packed with tear-out forms and a sample disability application, covers both Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. User-friendly appendices translate bureaucratic terms, list medical-vocational rules, and provide a list of social-security benefit publications. Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an indispensable resource for anyone suffering from any disability. |
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Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal & Financial Challenges Janice Green Attorney Attorney Attorney Attorney Attorney An essential guide to the unique issues facing older adults dealing with divorce. For Better, Not Worse is written for this specificand growingdemographic. It addresses latelife divorce from the perspective of an attorney with extensive experience dealing with older adults, combining practical advice with legal information about the issues unique to latelife divorce. Plus, readers will find plenty of "grab your bootstraps" survival stories that illustrate options and provide encouragement. |
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Divorce for Dummies John Ventura, Mary Reed "Dispenses useful, timely advice to people at all stages of divorce." —Diana Shepherd, Divorce magazine What to do, where to go, who to trust! Break up without breaking the bank Are you wondering how to serve divorce papers? Afraid you’ll have to sell your house just to cover legal costs? Heading for trial? Let this friendly guide take some of the grief out of your ordeal. Filled with sound, practical advice, it shows you how you can work out the terms of your divorce agreement without losing your shirt – or your mind! Praise for Divorce For Dummies "Reed and Ventura walk us through some of the toughest decisions many of us will ever make – with sensitivity and expert advice."
— Ellen G. Sanchez, MEd, family life educator Discover how to - Assess whether you’re ready for divorce
- Understand your legal rights
- Cut costs by negotiating terms yourself
- Work with an attorney
- Avoid going to trial
- Help your kids get through it
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