Put It in Writing!: Creating Agreements Between Family and Friends

by Deborah Hutchison, Lynn Toler, Deborah Hutchison

Two media-savvy authors—Lynn Toler, Judge of TV’s Divorce Court, and Deborah Hutchison, creator of the award-winning “Bill Your Ex” system—offer concrete, conflict-free solutions to the difficult situations that arise between family and friends.

Did you ever lose a friend over an unpaid debt? Get stuck with a houseguest who has no intention of moving out? Quarrel with a relative over use of the family car? For those who follow Toler and Hutchison’s wise counsel, these common disputes need never happen.  Through dozens of true stories, they show how “putting it in writing”—creating a clear written agreement—prevents the kinds of bitter misunderstandings that can destroy relationships and devastate families. Here’s detailed advice on how to choose the right words—and enforce them, too. To make it really easy, they provide perforated forms with model agreements for lending money or property, adult children moving home, sharing a pet, taking care of aging parents, and more.

 

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2009

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great resource for anyone (with or without a legal background) to write up agreements. I really like how the book is organized with the first section being short and talking about the importance of having written agreements and the second section divided into chapters for the types of agreements: loan of money, loan of property (whether a painting, vacation house, car, etc.), adult children living with parents, teenage children using the car, and so on.