The Ex-Factor

Lawyers Clair and Daniele include actual cases in their comprehensive coverage of situations an ""ex''wife or husbandmight face. The advice is sound, delivered in an easily accessible style.As a start, the authors tell how a hard-pressed mother can enforce child-support payments from her delinquent former spouse, without going to court. Financial concerns make up the first half of the book; the second discusses custody and visitation rights. A father denied access to his children can profit by the chapter on how to compel the mother to abide by the arrangement agreed upon. One of the points stressed is that, in demanding redress of grievances, documentation is necessary. Above all, the authors remind divorced couples, a child's welfare must be considered. Appendixes list regional child support enforcement administrations and state courts for postdivorce procedures. Paperback rights to Warner. (July 19)