Resources and Links


HELPFUL FORMS AND DOCUMENTS

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Client information sheet
Information You Should Know (Additional divorce background)
Custody questionnaire
Child Support Interview


READING
MATERIALS

Reading materials for adults
"Does Wednesday mean Mom's house or Dad's?, Parenting Together While Living Apart" by
Ackerman, Marc J., 1996

"Teenagers are Nondivorceable: a Workbook for Divorced Parents and their Children, Ages 12-18" by Bonkowski, Sara, 1990

"Children and Divorce"
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Madison, WI; 608-251-4001

"What Children need to Know when Parents get Divorced"
by Coleman, William L.

"The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions so you and your Children can Thrive"
by Emery Robert E., 2004.

"Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce"
by Carrity, Carla B, & Barris, Mitchell A., 1994

"Making Divorce Easier on your Children"
by Long, Nicholas & Rex L. Forehand, 2002

"Helping your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way"
by Newman, Gary, et al., 1999

"Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for your Child"
by Ricci, Isolina, 1997

"Difficult Questions Kids ask and are too afraid to ask about Divorce"
by Schneider, Meg F. et al.

"Parenting after Divorce"
by Stahl, Michael Philip, 2000

"Shared Parental Responsibility Contact Guidelines"
Minnesota Supreme Court, 1999

"What about the Kids?, Raising your children before, during and after divorce"
ABA Family Law Section, 800-285-2221

Reading materials for children
"Dinosaurs Divorce"
by Brown, Marc & Laurie Krasny Brown, 1998

"How it Feels When Parents Divorce"
by Krementz, Jill, 1988

"It's not your Fault, Koko: A Read-Together Book for Parent & Young Children during Divorce"
by Lansky, Vicki & Jane Prince, 1998.

"I don't want to Talk about it"
by Ransom, Jeanie Franz

"Families are Forever! Kids Workbook for Sharing Feelings about Divorce"
by Smith, Melissa F.

Custody and parenting
Model Parenting Plan (American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers)
www.aaml.org


LINKS TO HELPFUL WEBSITES

Kansas

Family Law Guidelines - Johnson County Kansas
http://www.jocobar.org/pdf/2001_family_law_guidelines.pdf

Johnson County Appraiser's Web site
http://appraiser.jocoks.com/

Johnson County Local Court Rules
http://courts.jocoks.com/local.htm

Kansas Child Support Guidelines
http://www.kscourts.org/ctruls/csintro.htm

Missouri
Jackson County Courts
www.16thcircuit.org/

Family Court Services
www.family-court.org/res/focis.htm

Parenting Plan Guidelines (Missouri Supreme Court)
www.mobar.org/member/famindx.htm

Child Support Calculations (Form 14)
www.mobar.org/member/famindx.htm

Children
Children's Bill of Rights (American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers)
www.aaml.org/billrts.htm

Parenting calendars
www.uptoparents.org
www.parentingtime.net

Other
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
www.ndvh.org/

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ncadv.org

Office on Violence Against Women (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
www.ojp.gov/vawo/

Safe Home
www. safehome-ks.org/