Getting Apart Together

by Kranitz, Martin A.

• ISBN13: 9781886230217
• ISBN10: 1886230218
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Impact Pub

Summary

Getting Apart Together is a comprehensive self-help guide for separating couples who want to negotiate their own settlements. Contains ground rules, outlines for discussion, sample forms, and options for divorce mediation without "bloodshed." This book offers examples of successful solutions by real couples, along with detailed agendas and guidelines for negotiating agreements on co-parenting and custody, financial support, college planning, property, insurance,taxes. 9781886411180

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Author Biography

Martin A. Kranitz, M.A., is Director of the National Center for Mediation Education, and the National Institute for Conflict Resolution

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction for Mediators	1	(2)
Ground Rules: First, You Lay the Foundation	3	(8)
Co-Parenting I: The Basics	11	(24)
Co-Parenting II: ``Fine Tuning''	35	(20)
Co-Parenting III: Custody and Other Key Decisions	55	(14)
Division of Property: Whose Teapot Is That, Anyway?	69	(28)
Support: Budgets and Other Money Matters	97	(22)
Insurance: It's a Matter of Policy	119	(18)
Will There Be College?	137	(10)
Income Taxes: The Other Sure Thing	147	(10)
Putting It All Together: (Don't sign Anything Yet!)	157	(28)
Appendices
A. Agendas for Discussion	165	(6)
B. Selected Bibliography	171	(2)
C. Monthly Expense Budget Worksheet	173	(4)
D. Financial Information and Income Statement	177	(4)
E. Resources for Finding a Professional Mediator	181	(2)
F. Children's Data Sheet	183	(2)
Index	185