Joint Custody After Divorce: How to Make Shared Parenting Work

by Ciji Ware

Overview

This book shows how divorcing couples -- even angry ones at the time of the split -- can cooperate as �partners� after divorce, sharing the responsibilities -- and the pleasures -- of raising children into happy and productive adulthood.

Here are practical, step-by-step measures for the ways parents who no longer are married to each other can navigate through the legal and emotional issues confronting them to create a parenting plan, going forward, that will help their children thrive, despite the divorce.

Originally published by The Viking Press. Newly updated and expanded by the author.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014308229
Publisher:	Life Events Media LLC
Publication date:	03/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

CIJI WARE is a bestselling nonfiction writer, historical novelist, an Emmy-award winning television producer, reporter, commentator and public speaker. A joint custody mother herself, she originally wrote on this subject in a magazine article "Joint Custody: One Way to End the War," that was expanded into the book published by Viking Press under the title "SHARED PARENTING AFTER DIVORCE." In 2011 she revised, updated, and expanded the work significantly and e-published it in 2012 as "JOINT CUSTODY AFTER DIVORCE." Her other nonfiction fiction work, "RIGHTSIZING YOUR LIFE: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most" was named by the Wall Street Journal in 2007 as "One of the Top 5 Books on Retirement Issues" Ware has won numerous awards for her six works of historical fiction, including the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence; the 'Golden Quill' award for Historical Fiction;'Best Fictionalized Biography' for "ISLAND OF THE SWANS" and 'Best Historical Novel nomination for "WICKED COMPANY" from Romantic Times magazine. Her latest historical, "A RACE TO SPLENDOR" debuted in April, 2011 on the 105th anniversary of the devastating 1905 San Francisco earthquake and firestorm.For seventeen years Ware was heard daily as a commentator on ABC Radio & TV in Los Angeles. During her noted career as a broadcaster, she has worked for PBS and all three major networks, covering a wide range of topics in the areas of health, consumer and lifestyle subjects. Ciji Ware is also a sought-after event speaker, print journalist, (AARP, Travel & Leisure and other national magazines) and has the distinction of being elected as the first woman graduate of Harvard College to serve as President of the Harvard Alumni Association, Worldwide. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband of 36 years, Internet marketing strategist Tony Cook. Visit Ciji's Facebook page: Ciji Ware, Novelist

Editorial Reviews

Ciji Ware's book, JOINT CUSTODY AFTER DIVORCE, is a well -written, well-organized, and comprehensive view of all aspects of joint custody. She mixes in compelling stories, including her own, with practical guidelines on how to make shared parenting work--on how to shift from marriage partners to partners in parenting, "Negotiate, don't litigate!". A must-read for anyone with children considering or going through a divorce.

Amazon.com - Linda Hale Bucklin

This book has really helped me navigate a situation that I thought would be overwhelming.. I now have a plan on how I can share parenting with the least amount of drama. Really enlightening for me and plan on giving to my ex in the hopes that he will also embrace the change.

Amazon.com - Cynthia Mason

Editorial Review - Kirkus Reviews
The most comprehensive guide to non-traditional custody arrangements to date, this handbook provides a step-by-step approach to setting up and maintaining alternatives to single parenting.

Kirkus - Unsigned Anonymous