Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal & Financial Challenges

by Janice Green

The only book with legal information and practical advice for older Americans dealing with divorce

People age 40 and older generally feel that divorce is more emotionally devastating than losing a job, about equal to experiencing a major illness, and nearly as devastating as a spouse's death, according to a recent AARP study. And, the divorce rate among this very age group is triple that of its parents' generation.

Divorce After 50 is written for this specific - and growing - group. It addresses late-life 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 divorce for this demographic.

It covers:
*ways to divorce
*how to get guidance from friends, family, and, as needed, lawyers
*marital property: what it is, what you do with it, and how to divide assets and liabilities
*how to survive financially during and after divorce
*how health care and estate planning are impacted by divorce
--and much more.

Genres: Divorce

250 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2010

Reviews

[Kathy A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Helpful!

This book is Packed with such helpful information and many things you may not have thought about. Wonderful help in a very difficult time. Many thanks to Janice Green!

[Skylar Burris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not yet 50, but this is the most helpful book I have read since I learned my husband was leaving me after almost 26 years of marriage. I wish it had been the first of the books I had read, and that I had read it much sooner in the (ongoing) divorce process, but I probably wasn't in a place to do so at the time. It's a well-organized, practical, detailed guide with emphaiss on finances. It's easy to skim over the parts that don't apply to you as an individual and to find the substance that does.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has so much information