The Law category has 311 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 492 ratings. The most-rated is The Mastermind.
For the Thrill of It
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It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals - too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state's attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the ruthless killers from the gallows. But the families of the confessed murderers hired Clarence Darrow, entrusting the lives of their sons to the most famous lawyer in America in what would be one of the most sensational criminal trials in the history of American justice. Set against the backdrop of the 1920s - a time of prosperity, self-indulgence, and hedonistic excess in a lawless city on the brink of anarchy - For the Thrill of It draws the listener into a world of speakeasies and flappers, of gangsters and gin parties, with a spellbinding narrative of Jazz Age murder and mystery.
©2008 Simon Baatz (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
A Storm of Witchcraft
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Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers - mainly young women - suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work. The resulting Salem Witch Trials, culminating in the execution of 19 villagers, persists as one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history. Historians have speculated on a web of possible causes for the witchcraft that started in Salem and spread across the region - religious crisis, ergot poisoning, an encephalitis outbreak, frontier war hysteria - but most agree that there was no single factor. Rather, as Emerson Baker illustrates in this seminal new work, Salem was "a perfect storm": a unique convergence of conditions and events that produced something extraordinary throughout New England in 1692 and the following years, and which has haunted us ever since. Baker shows how a range of factors in the Bay colony in the 1690s, including a new charter and government, a lethal frontier war, and religious and political conflicts, set the stage for the dramatic events in Salem. Engaging a range of perspectives, he looks at the key players in the outbreak - the accused witches and the people they allegedly bewitched, as well as the judges and government officials who prosecuted them - and wrestles with questions about why the Salem tragedy unfolded as it did, and why it has become an enduring legacy.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2015 Emerson W. Baker (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Tactical Reload: Strategy Shifts for Emerging Leaders in Law Enforcement
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Featuring interviews with Tim Kennedy, Mark Divine. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Las Vegas, Atlanta Chief Erika Shields, and former US representative Dave Reichert.
Tactical Reload offers a road map for police professionals eager to succeed as America transitions from unrest to a new age of social enlightenment.
Through honest personal stories and interviews with top police chiefs and thought leaders, Wilson thoroughly explores the present crisis of law enforcement and foreshadows a safer future.
Adam Wilson speaks to the tremendous potential for all law enforcement officers including rookies and those coming up the ranks. His personal experiences illuminate the dangers and ironies of protecting community while offering insights for improving the fight against crime.
Tactical Reload explores a wide range of topics that shatter assumptions and suggest police may enjoy more respect now than ever before - if they continue to upgrade their mind-set.
Embrace “embarrassment school” as an important rite of passage.
Respect people who commit crimes as a humane strategy for building trust.
Reject millennial entitlement and impatience or jeopardize rank promotions.
Win department and community accolades by behaving well in or out of the uniform.
Discover why authentic cops don’t need to prove they are tough, but they had better heed mental fitness advice from a retired Navy SEAL.
Learn how mandatory psychological tests for cops could remove the shame of vulnerability and decrease suicides.
Build character and improve advancement by blending new academic credentials with street smarts.
©2019 Adam Wilson (P)2019 Adam Wilson
The Client-Centered Law Firm
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The legal industry has long been risk averse, but when it comes to adapting to the experience-driven world created by companies like Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb, adherence to the old status quo could be the death knell for today’s law firms. In The Client-Centered Law Firm, legal technology expert Jack Newton offers a clear-eyed and timely look at how providing a client-centered experience and running an efficient, profitable law firm aren’t opposing ideas. With this approach, they drive each other. Covering the what, why, and how of running a client-centered practice, with examples from law firms leading this revolution as well as practical strategies for implementation, The Client-Centered Law Firm is a rallying call to unlock the enormous latent demand in the legal market by providing client-centered experiences, improving internal processes, and raising the bottom line.
©2020 Jack Newton (P)2020 Jack Newton
Wolf Boys
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The story of two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel and their pursuit by a Mexican American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unwinnable. What's it like to be an employee of a global drug-trafficking organization? And how does a 15-year-old American boy go from star quarterback to trained assassin, surging up the cartel corporate ladder? At first glance Gabriel Cardona is the poster-boy American teenager: great athlete, bright, handsome, and charismatic. But the streets of his border town of Laredo, Texas, are poor and dangerous, and it isn't long before Gabriel abandons his promising future for the allure of the Zetas, a drug cartel with roots in the Mexican military. His younger friend. Bart, as well as others from Gabriel's childhood join him in working for the Zetas, boosting cars and smuggling drugs, eventually catching the eye of the cartel's leadership. Meanwhile, Mexican-born detective Robert Garcia has worked hard all his life and is now struggling to raise his family in America. As violence spills over the border, Detective Garcia's pursuit of the boys and their cartel leaders puts him face to face with the urgent consequences of a war he sees as unwinnable. In Wolf Boys Dan Slater shares their stories, taking us from the Sierra Madre mountaintops to the dusty, dark alleys of Laredo, Texas, on a harrowing, often brutal journey into the heart of the Mexican drug trade. Gabriel's evolution from good-natured teenager into a feared assassin is as inevitable as Garcia's slow realization of the futile nature of his work. A nonfiction thriller, Wolf Boys depicts more than just Gabriel, Bart, and the officers who took them down. It shows, through vivid detail and rich, often moving narrative, the way in which the border itself is changing, disappearing, and posing new terrifying and yet largely unseen threats to American security. Ultimately, though, Wolf Boys is the intimate story of the "lobos" themselves: boys turned into pawns for cartels. Their stories show how poverty, ideas about identity, and government ignorance have warped the definition of the American dream.
©2016 Dan Slater (P)2016 Simon & Schuster
The Three Lives of James Madison
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A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political "lives" - as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a president Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician, he cofounded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning. In The Three Lives of James Madison, Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of this elusive genius and the constitutional republic he created - and how both evolved to meet unforeseen challenges. Madison hoped to eradicate partisanship yet found himself giving voice to and institutionalizing the political divide. Madison's lifelong loyalty to Thomas Jefferson led to an irrevocable break with George Washington, hero of the American Revolution. Madison closely collaborated with Alexander Hamilton on the Federalist papers - yet their different visions for the United States left them enemies. Alliances defined Madison, too. The vivacious Dolley Madison used her social and political talents to win her husband new supporters in Washington - and define the diplomatic customs of the capital's society. Madison's relationship with James Monroe, a mixture of friendship and rivalry, shaped his presidency and the outcome of the War of 1812. We may be more familiar with other Founding Fathers, but the United States today is in many ways Madisonian in nature. Madison predicted that foreign threats would justify the curtailment of civil liberties. He feared economic inequality and the power of financial markets over politics, believing that government by the people demanded resistance to wealth. Madison was the first Founding Father to recognize the importance of public opinion and the first to understand that the media could function as a safeguard to liberty. The Three Lives of James Madison is an illuminating biography of the man whose creativity and tenacity gave us America's distinctive form of government. His collaborations, struggles, and contradictions define the United States to this day.
©2017 Noah Feldman (P)2017 Random House Audio
Family Trusts
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Family Trusts is a step-by-step guide for anyone involved in family trusts: trust creators, trustees, beneficiaries, and advisors. It will help families create and administer a culture that recognizes trusts as a gift of love. Marrying the practical and emotional aspects of family wealth, this book provides a hands-on primer that focuses on fostering positive relationships, and structuring the trust appropriately for the situation and the people involved. It tackles difficult topics with frank and honest discussion, from the first beneficiary meeting to working with addictions, and more. Written by a team of experts in family wealth, this information is becoming increasingly crucial to the successful execution of a trust; you'll learn what type of person makes the best trustee, how to be an excellent beneficiary, and the technical aspects that help you build a better trust from the very beginning. There's been a staggering increase in trustee/beneficiary litigation and hostility, but that doesn't mean it's inevitable. Plenty of trusts are running smoothly, with positive experiences on all sides. This book shows you how to set up your trust to succeed from the start, with step-by-step guidance and expert insight.
©2016 Hartley Goldstone, James E. Hughes Jr., and Keith Whitaker (P)2019 Gildan Media, LLC
Similar Transactions
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Eight known victims and one set of skeletal remains. Will Larry Lee Smith get away with murder? Similar Transactions is a gripping memoir about the author's determination, over a seven-year period, to solve a murder and to bring the perpetrator to justice. Former social worker S. R. Reynolds has never forgotten the mishandled case of 15-year-old Michelle Anderson, a vibrant beauty who went missing from Reynolds' Knoxville, Tennessee, neighborhood years earlier. Aided by her old professor, famed forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass - founder of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm - Reynolds picks up the trail of this cold case. As she presses neglected pieces of the puzzle into place, Reynolds unearths a string of heinous kidnappings and rapes across the South, crimes that span decades. She talks to the victims. A picture begins to form. Patterns appear. And all evidence points to one man: convicted sex offender Larry Lee Smith. As a result of Reynolds' efforts, the Knoxville Police Department reopens the cold case of Michelle's disappearance, but Larry Lee is about to be released from a Georgia prison, where he served time for a related crime - a "similar transaction." What transpires in this story is amazing.
©2015 S. R. Reynolds (P)2016 S. R. Reynolds
Invisibility Toolkit
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Collectors almost killed my father and forced me to grow up without a dad! Don't let the government or the IRS steal your sovereignty away from you! Put simply, your sovereignty is under attack. You don't need the red pill to see it because you've already been unplugged. It's all around you. Within this audiobook lies top secrets known only to the FBI and a few law enforcement agencies: How to disappear in style and retain assets. How to switch up multiple identities on the fly and be invisible such that no one; not your ex, not your parole officer, nor even the federal government can find you. Ever. The Invisibility Toolkit is the ultimate guide for anyone who values their privacy or needs to disappear. Whether you're running from stalkers or hit men or overzealous cops or divorce courts, you owe it to yourself to learn how to protect your greatest asset: you and your family! But be warned. Going incognito is dangerous and for that, you need a dangerous book. This book is one the NSA doesn't want you to listen to! It's stuff you won't see in any James Bond or Bourne film or even Burn Notice. But if you love freedom, this book is mandatory listening, because it's lifesaving listening. You'll learn: How to disappear using CIA counter-surveillance techniques in the Far East How to wear a perfect disguise How to bring down a drone How to be invisible in Canada, Thailand, China or the Philippines How to use Darkcoins on the run How to fool skip tracers How to sneak into Canada How spies use networking to be anonymous Edward Snowden's biggest mistakes The fallacies of True Lies Opsec in foreign countries, and much more! You've got just two choices: live free on your feet or as a slave on your knees. Let me show you how to break those chains.
©2015 Lance Henderson (P)2015 Lance Henderson
Blogging
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Isaac Kronenberg does it again with another fabulous blogging book that goes above and beyond anything else out there! This latest book by Kronenberg is the most advanced blogging book on the market, teaching nothing but the most effective blogging monetization strategies that exist to get your blog from zero to $2000 a month in 90 days. Everything in this book is based on real strategies currently used by top-earning bloggers. Whether you're new to blogging or an advanced blogger, if there was some magic pill that could take you from nothing to earning a full-time income from a blog, then this book is the closest thing in existence to that magic pill. If you're serious about earning an income blogging, then this book will be the best book which you've ever heard on the subject.
©2017 Isaac Kronenberg (P)2017 Isaac Kronenberg
Reg D for Dummies
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The rules which are relied upon to raise capital allow for different amounts of capital, different types of investors, and different methods for conducting an offering, are: 504 (up to $1 million), 505 (up to $5 million), and 506 (any amount). Reg D programs were designed to provide an exemption to sell securities in a private capital raise without registering the securities, and also to identify the appropriate documentation for properly accepting and using the capital stock or LLC membership units. Equity offerings are preferred by most early stage companies because there are no debt payments.
©2017 Douglas R. Slain (P)2017 Douglas R. Slain
Blockchain: Ultimate guide to understanding blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts and the future of money.
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"On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog." - Peter Steiner "On the blockchain, nobody knows you're a fridge" - Richard Gendal Brown Blockchain technology has been called the greatest innovation since the internet. Governments and companies are rushing to implement blockchain technology in a range of areas that could impact every person on the planet within a few years. Is blockchain technology one of the greatest technological revolutions in history or is it just hype? Will blockchain technology cause governments and banking systems to change the way they process information or will it be business as usual? In this book, we'll look at the answers to these questions along with addressing the different sides of the arguments, for and against, blockchain technology. Blockchain is not just bitcoin, blockchain technology is much bigger than bitcoin and it is predicted to change the world. Blockchain: Ultimate guide to understanding blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts and the future of money. In this book you will learn : What is the blockchain? How blockchain works Difference between blockchain and bitcoin Benefits of using blockchain technology Disadvantages / dangers of using blockchain technology Blockchain and the finance industry Blockchain and other industries Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies Impact of blockchain technology The future of bitcoin and blockchain And more... This technology is being used in ways that have implications for central banking that span all the functions that we have. - Carolyn Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada
©2017 Mark Gates (P)2017 Mark Gates
The Lazarus Files
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This program is read by the author. A deeply reported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect - a female detective within the LAPD’s own ranks. On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police initially assumed it was a burglary gone awry. Before her death, Sherri had confided to her parents that an ex-girlfriend of John’s, a Los Angeles police officer, had threatened her. The Rasmussens urged the LAPD to investigate the ex-girlfriend, but the original detectives pursued only burglary suspects, and the case went cold. DNA analysis did not exist when Sherri was murdered. Decades later, a swab from a bite mark on Sherri’s arm revealed her killer was in fact female, not male. A DNA match led to the arrest and conviction of veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus, John’s onetime girlfriend. The Lazarus Files delivers the visceral experience of being inside a real-life murder mystery. McGough reconstructs the lives of Sherri, John, and Stephanie; the love triangle that led to Sherri’s murder; and the homicide investigation that followed. Was Stephanie protected by her fellow officers? What did the LAPD know, and when did they know it? Are there other LAPD cold cases with a police connection that remain unsolved?
©2019 Matthew McGough (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Shopify
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Do you to make an extra 5k to 10k a month? Do you want complete control of your business? Do you want to grow on your own platform? Do you want to make money online? When you listen to Shopify: How to Create Your Online Empire, your skill set of making money online will improve steadily each day! You will discover everything you need to know about Shopify. This comprehensive guide will teach you how make your own store on Shopify and make money online. You'll be proud to see your bank account and empire grow massively!
©2016 Greg Addison (P)2016 Greg Addison
Entrusted
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When it comes to estate planning and the effective transfer of wealth, most discussions involving the terms wealth and money use those terms interchangeably. Although the two are not the same, most estate planners today do not even broach this concept with their clients or include the less-tangible aspects of wealth as they draft an estate plan. They simply develop an estate plan that prepares the family's financial assets to be dumped, divided, deferred, and dissipated among the members of the next generation. These estate plans typically reflect a very linear way of thinking. In other words, if transferring some amount of financial wealth is good, then transferring more financial wealth is better. Not only is this approach is myopic and simplistic, but it's ultimately destructive because it focuses on the fire (the result) and not on the flint and kindling (the tools and resources that produce the result). Entrusted lays out the foundations of entrusted planning process, which aligns the principles and values of a family with their tangible assets and prepares future generations to build a true and lasting legacy. It's a process that draws from the very origins of estate law, which placed the highest value on who was involved - on who was entrusted. By focusing on the means to an end (education, personal character, home ownership, entrepreneurship, charitable service) as opposed to the end (stocks, bonds, real estate, and businesses), entrusted planning has the greatest potential to do the maximum amount of multigenerational good with the least amount of collateral damage. Entrusted families have goals that are both deep and broad. They're less interested in preparing their families to be rich and more interested in preparing them to manage, sustain, and carry on a rich legacy.
©2015 YH Publishing, LLC (P)2015 YH Publishing, LLC
Texas Devils
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Reconsidering the myth of good guys in white hats. The Texas Rangers have been the source of tall tales and the stuff of legend as well as a growing darker reputation. But the story of the Rangers along the Mexican border between Texas statehood and the onset of the Civil War has been largely overlooked - until now. This engaging history pulls listeners back to a chaotic time along the lower Rio Grande in the mid-19th century. Texas Devils challenges the time-honored image of "good guys in white hats" to reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the Ranger Myth. Michael L. Collins demonstrates that, rather than bringing peace to the region, the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking inhabitants, who dubbed them los diablos Tejanos - the Texas devils. Collins goes beyond other, more laudatory Ranger histories to focus on the origins of the legend, casting Ranger immortals such as John Coffee "Jack" Hays, Ben McCulloch, and John S. "Rip" Ford in a new and not always flattering light. In revealing a barbaric code of conduct on the Rio Grande frontier, Collins shows that much of the Ranger Myth doesn't hold up to close historical scrutiny. Texas Devils offers exciting true stories of the Rangers for anyone captivated by their legend, even as it provides a corrective to that legend. The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press.
©2008 University of Oklahoma Press (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
On the Jury Trial
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Two outstanding Texas trial lawyers - one now an equally respected district judge - have written On the Jury Trial, a “must-have” reference for any trial lawyer aspiring to excellence or seeking to maintain it. Topics include voir dire, opening statement, preparing witnesses, cross examination, using exhibits, closing argument, jury research, and more, with excellent examples and “dos and don’ts” provided throughout. Think of this audiobook as the senior law partner’s memo to associates on how to really try a case. Looking for fly-on-the-wall insight into world-class trial preparation and strategy? Here it is. A behind-the-scenes tour of the inner workings of the judicial process? This audiobook has you covered. Its combination of advice, illustration, and commentary is every bit as valuable as it is unique. Every litigator should have this audiobook downloaded, no matter the state in which they practice.
©2017 Thomas M. Melsheimer and Craig Smith (P)2018 Redwood Audiobooks
Emotional Abuse: A Guide to Emotional Healing Through Discovering Happiness and Self Love
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Emotional abuse recovery book - Be free of your past! I used to wonder, what is the purpose of healing ourselves? There was only one answer I could come up with: To live more fully and enjoy each moment. This is something everyone deserves and what makes the journey completely worthwhile. In our modern society we are seeing a rise in the number of people who are unhappy or struggle with any number of psychological conditions. Terms such as lacking confidence, low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression have all become the norm. Any such negativity sends our consciousness into an undesirable state where our lives feel like a continuous cycle of unhappiness and unfulfillment. These symptoms usually develop because of wounding from emotional abuse. The most damaging often occurs when we are young. This causes the personality to develop in a skewed way due to experiencing some psychological trauma. We can be victims of emotional abuse during any stage of life and it will have a damaging effect upon us. This book will look to teach the listener about how emotional pain impacts their long-term psychology, which affects everything they do. With these new understandings they can then follow the advice provided to heal these wounds by simply loving oneself more. Emotional abuse leaves us with a damaged sense of self that then impacts how we live our lives. When we repair the damage, we step into our true authentic power where we live life as our best selves. The final part of this book will guide you through various exercises on how you can live and create the best possible life for yourself out of the pain you have suffered. This title will guide you through topics such as: Why toxic shame has controlled your life We are all addicted The long-term impact of emotional abuse How to overcome psychological and emotional trauma Comprehensive psychological and emotional healing exercises Finding more happiness and fulfillment right away Increasing your self-esteem and self-worth
©2017 A S Grewal (P)2018 A S Grewal
4L
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The transition from university to career - from "ivory tower" to "real world" - has never been more challenging. 4L (or fourth year of law school) is the result of J.K. Franko’s many years of experience practicing law and is full of practical advice. This includes information on client development, baby lawyer syndrome, ethical dilemmas, and so much more - all of which can be put to immediate use. While 4L is a must-listen for recent law school graduates, the helpful advice it contains is a fascinating insight into how lawyers see the world and go about with their business, in general. About the author: J.K. Franko graduated law school at the top of his class. His work has been recognized on the National Law Journal’s "worth reading" list and cited by courts. He has served as in-house counsel for Fortune 100 before transitioning from law to business as a board member and CEO.
©2020 J.K. Franko (P)2020 Talion Publishing LLC
5 Stages of Custody and Divorce
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Over half of all people living in the world today experience divorce. But what comes with divorce and custody battles? Surely, we feel both positive and negative emotions during the most difficult and transformative time in our lives. Surely, our ex and our children are going through some profound senses of loss - loss of dreams and loss of future plans. Loss of belongings, their home, their car, loss of family, loss of children. Some divorcees go through significantly more difficulty in adjusting than other. Some parents handle divorce like a business deal, particularly if they weren’t bonded emotionally to their partner to begin with. Some partners have no ability to bond with their marital mate, and thus they jump ship at the first chance of some improved financial circumstances. If you are struggling with the divorce and custody battle, especially if you are in a highly contentious, high conflict divorce - you need to read the divorce court series by J.B. Snow. We show you how to be more likeable in court to enhance your chances of a positive outcome. We show you what parental alienation syndrome looks like, and we warn you of the tactics that can and will be used against you in court. The court room is filled with lies and deceit and bribery and corruption in some areas. If you aren’t prepared for this when you walk into the courtroom, you will lose. Even a person who goes through two to three divorces still isn’t prepared for the catastrophic affects the courtroom process has on their emotions and their family. This is especially difficult for people who don’t want a divorce. A person who doesn’t want a divorce especially struggles to understand why his or her partner would put a family though the family court system to begin with. A cruel and self-centered partner is all about strategizing like this is a competition and a business deal. The court personnel treat you like you’re just another family on the conveyor line heading toward the chopping block. They don’t have much sympathy or empathy for you or your family - they believe you did something or your ex did something to get you to this place in the first place. This book will walk you through some of the feelings you will experience during and after a divorce and/or custody battle.
©2019 J.B. Snow (P)2019 J.B. Snow