Give your clients tangible, easy-to-read information about what they can expect during their divorce and child custody proceedings. The following issues of Family Advocate have been designed and created especially for individuals or families going through a divorce.

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20+ FAQs about Divorce in Spanish and English

PC 5130168PDF
New from Family Advocate, this bilingual handout for divorce clients offers Spanish/English answers to common questions about the legal process, property division, custody, taxes, and more. Purchase and download the pdf, then print out what you need.

Sample Q&A en Espanol

Q. ¿Cuánto tiempo tardará el divorcio?
A. Hay diferencias entre los periodos de "espera" o "enfriamiento" en muchos estados. Este tiempo puedeser tan pequeño como 30 días o tan largo como unaño. Además, su caso puede demorarse si usted viveen una jurisdicción que ha acumulado muchosexpedientes o casos de corte. Por último, y como regIageneral si usted y su conyuge no pueden llegar a unacuerdo y su caso es "debatido" tomará más tiempo en completarse.

Current Issue -- Summer 2009
You've Got Choices
A Handbook for Clients

PC 51311003201
This client handbook highlights the many choices that divorcing parties can make as they settle property and custody issues in their divorce case. Alimony, keeping legal costs down, parenting, employment, and many other topics are included.
See the Table of Contents.

The 50+ Divorce
A Handbook for Clients

PC 51311003101
A must for anyone who is going through or has recently gone through a mid-life divorce. Articles cover retirement, financial fitness, estate planning options, health-care coverage, potential problems to avoid, and suggestions to facilitate the economic transformation from married life to that of a single person.
See the Table of Contents.

Coparenting During and After Divorce
A Handbook for Parents

PC 51311003001
The articles and information in this client manual are designed to help parents who are going through (or have recently completed) the divorce process in order to provide the most beneficial opportunities for coparenting and reinforce the right of children to share both parents.
See the Table of Contents.





My Parents are Getting Divorced
A Handbook by and for Kids

PC 51311002901
Divorce can be very hard on kids and parents don't always know what to say or do. This handbook is the perfect guide for kids to read—or parents to read with them—in order to understand what to do with their feelings, what will happen to them, how to talk to a judge, and how to continue their lives.
See the Table of Contents.





Illuminating Answers to 200+ FAQs:
Frequently Asked Questions About Divorce
A Client Manual
PC 51311002801
An easy-to-understand handbook that answers all of your client's spoken and unspoken questions about their divorce.
See the Table of Contents.



Surviving Your Divorce and Beyond
PC 51311002701
This is an ideal manual to handout for every new client at the beginning of the divorce case. It explains the divorce process and the client's role in it.
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Divorce Forms: A Handbook for Clients
PC 51311002401
An issue designed to help gather client information at and after the initial client interview. By handing this issue out to each client, you can compile a history of the client's marriage and gather facts about the family and the pending divorce case.
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What Your Children Need ... Now: A Divorcing Parent's Handbook
PC 51311002601
... will offer reassurance to your clients by answering many of their questions regarding the needs of their children during the course of a divorce. It provides articles and resource that will help parents focus on their children and provide information about helpful resources.
See the Table of Contents.



ADR Options: A Client Handbook
PC 51311002404
A wonderful handout for every client who believes that going to trial is the only way to proceed. It explores mediation, arbitration, and collaborative law and the costs and advantages of each. It is particularly helpful in states with mandatory mediation.
See the Table of Contents.

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