Divided Children: A Legal Guide for Divorcing Parents

by Michael A. Wheeler

More than one million American couples divorce each year, and most of them are parents facing agonizing choices about the care and support of their children. Few divorcing couples receive adequate legal advice about custody and visitation issues, and because of archaic divorce laws and understaffed courts, a majority of settlements must be renegotiated at great expense - both monetary and emotional. Michael Wheeler draws upon his extensive experience in family law in preparing this straightforward guide to custody law and the legal problems that parents confront, not just during divorce but in the years to follow.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1980

About the author

MICHAEL WHEELER is an author, professor, and mediator whose work is at the forefront of negotiation scholarship and practice. He is a professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School where he teaches negotiation as well as a variety of executive courses. He advises corporate clients, trade organizations, and government agencies on negotiation issues in the United States and abroad.