1.  Binuclear Family:  "A binuclear family is any family that spans two households.  Nuclear families have 1 nucleus, one shared household; binuclear families split into 2 nuclei, 2 households, each headed by one parent. The family continues to be a unit even though it shifts from a nuclear structure to a binuclear one." (p. x)

2.  Good Divorce:  "A good divorce is one in which both the adults and children emerge as leaset as emotionally well as they were before the divorce" (p. 2).  In a good divorce the family undergoes change, but the es-spouses develop a parenting partnership that allows the functions of the family to continue.

C.  Process of Divorce
 1.  decision
2.   announcement
3.  separation
4.  formal divorce
5.  aftermath

D.  Typology of relationships between ex-spouses

        1.  Perfect Pals

        2.  Cooperative Colleagues

        3.  Angry Associates

        4.  Firey Foes

        5.  Dissolved Duos
 

D.  Pathways to a "good divorce"

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