Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce

Avoid the expense and stress of divorce court

Ending a marriage is always difficult, but you don’t have to be financially or emotionally overwhelmed. Through mediation or a collaborative divorce, you can avoid huge legal bills and debilitating conflict with your ex.

This book guides you through all the steps of negotiating a divorce settlement, using mediation or collaborative law.

Encouraging, straightforward, and inspiring, Divorce Without Court explains mediation and collaborative divorce and shows you how to:

• choose the right method for your family
• maximize opportunities for settlement
• get an agreement in writing
• find mediators, attorneys, and advisers, and
• protect your children first, last, and always.

Divorce Without Court  provides  information about mediation organizations, and clear examples of what you can expect in mediation or collaborative divorce.

With Downloadable forms: Get more than 20 forms, including mediation agreements, financial worksheets, and a negotiation checklist— details inside.

Katherine E. Stoner is a superior court commissioner in Monterey County, California. Prior to that, she was a certified family law specialist, with a practice focused primarily on family law and mediation. She was a founding member of Collaborative Practice of Monterey County. She is also the coauthor of Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair & Lasting Contract (Nolo). Katherine has been a trainer at the Center for Mediation in Law in Marin County, California, and is an adjunct faculty member at Monterey College of Law, where she teaches community property, family law, and mediation.