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Dividing Up Property Yourselves If you and your spouse are going to try to divide your property yourselves, here are some steps to get you started. List your belongings. Working together, make a list of all of the items that you own jointly. Of course, you can omit items both of you agree are personal things of insignificant value. And, for example, when dealing with furniture that is not of great value, you can just specify "furniture in master bedroom," "dining room furniture," and so on. Value the property. Try to agree on the value of anything worth more than a specific agreed amount -- say $100 or $500. If there is a house, a business, or anything that is difficult to value, get an opinion about that from some agreed outside authority. For example, for your house, pick a Realtor who is familiar with your neighborhood. Or, for antiques, you can hire a professional appraiser. You may need an actuary to value a pension and an accountant to help you value an inv

Drug Abusers Delude Selves by Honorable Anne Kass. Ann Kass is a District Judge in the Second Judicial District State of New Mexico Art Linkletter once wrote a book, Kids Say the Darndest Things. A sequel might be Grown-Ups Who are Involved in Divorce Say The Darndest Things, especially grown-ups who have alcohol or drug problems. One father with a severe drinking problem denied that his use of alcohol had any negative impact on his children. He said, "It doesn't bother them. I've been drinking like this since they were born. They're used to it." Another father agreed to drug testing to prove his ex-wife was, "lying" when she claimed that he was using drugs. The next day he refused to release the test results. He said he had a constitutional right not to incriminate himself. He was right about that. He could not be compelled to provide evidence that would prove his own guilt. However, the constitutional right against self-incrimination deals only with

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