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Drawing on her extensive experience in counseling families and individuals with sexual problems, psychologist Margretta Dwyer delivers a timely look at some of the sexual issues facing us today in Understand Offending. Dwyer believes the emphasis on natural, healthy sexual development is imperative to creating an atmosphere conducive to debunking myths and false teachings on sexuality. Dwyer also focuses on those who commit sexual offences and...

Praise for Happily Separating Wise advice from two very competent and caring attorneys. Must reading for anyone who is contemplating separation or divorce. Jonathan A. Azrael, Attorney I have always lived by the principle that you can disagree without being disagreeable. Happily Separating makes for a good title and a good book. Following the common sense approach of this book can certainly help spare misery on the part of all concerned. Mitchell...

With a near 50% divorce rate in the United States, every parent who reads this book is either going through a divorce, has been divorced, is married to or living with someone who is divorced, or will go through one or more of his/her children's divorces. Unlike books designed to enlighten parents about children's reactions to divorce, A Parents' Guide to Child Custody is written for parents themselves. The book provides parents with an overview...

The book is an extract from my doctorate degree thesis dealing with the formal requirements for the celebration of marriage: a comparative study of canon law, Nigerian statutory law, and customary law. It is universally recognized that consent of parties brings about marriage. But for consent to result in marriage, it must be validly exchanged/manifested. Formal requirements for marriage celebration deals with valid exchange of consent. The work thus...

Based on true events... A Father fighting to get custody of his son against a narcissistic ex who manipulates the Family Court System to her advantage at every turn. All Myles wanted was more time with his Father. For nearly 6-years, he would beg and plead for extra overnights, his Mother always refusing with no reason why. Then came the CPS cases, a homeless man moving in with her and babysitting Myles, previous roommates contacting Myles's Father...

Les questions de droit patrimonial de la famille, sous la direction de Nicole Gallus, abordent au cours de cette cession 2012-2013 d'UB³, un large spectre, allant des liquidations aux successions. La réforme de la procédure de liquidation partage sera évoquée par Mme Aughuet. La question est déterminante tant l'ancienne procédure avait la réputation d'avoir seule vertu d'épuiser les protagonistes. Mme Gallus abordera la situation patrimoniale...

This book is written for judges who hear family law cases, and family law practitioners. The property division of an ownership interest in a closely held business can be complex and convoluted. The issues of discount rates, discounts, multiples, and double dipping are confusing, but important to the determination of the value of a business. Manipulation of the variables can create very diverse values of a business possibly resulting in a "non-equitable"...

Tug of War is the first book of its kind. Written by a sitting family court judge in layman's language, it demystifies complex family law concepts and procedures, clearly explains how family court works, and gives parents essential alternatives to resolve their own custody battles and keep their kids out of the often damaging court system. Breakup rates in North America are skyrocketing. Recent statistics say 45% of marriages end in divorce, and at...

Divorce Dirty Tricks is an invaluable handbook for protecting your rights and getting everything you're entitled to when you have your day in court. Divorce Dirty Tricks offers practical advice on the legal pitfalls, loopholes and nasty surprises that can be involved in a marital split. In Divorce Dirty Tricks, the author gets the reader ready for his \"day in court.\" With over 1.2 million divorces in this country each year-and the number keeps climbing...

Saut de génération, indignité successorale, notion nouvelle de substitution... Le droit de succession se rapproche d'une société en évolution. La loi du 10 décembre 2012 modifiant le Code civil, le Code pénal et le Code judiciaire en ce qui concerne l'indignité successorale, la révocation des donations, la déchéance des avantages matrimoniaux et la substitution est entrée en vigueur le 21 janvier 2013. À présent, lorsque leurs propres...