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1) Friction
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"Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to desk work and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer. " -- provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
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Dr. David Henry delivers his own twins on a stormy night in 1964. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down's syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears in to another city to raise the child as her own.
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"A fair and realistic custody agreement protects children's interests when parents split up. But reaching a parenting agreement is often easier said than done, especially when emotions run high. That's where Building a Parenting Agreement That Works can help. This practical, step-by-step guide will show parents exactly how to create a parenting plan that works for everyone. Author Mimi Lyster Zemmelman, a professional mediator, identifies dozens of...
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At twenty-four, Gordon McKenna thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his sister Georgia is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents are able to survive their sorrow only by devoting themselves to the care of the beloved one-year-old. But the decision of who will raise Keefer is far from over, and soon Gordon's most basic assumptions...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
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Jack and Molly Campbell enjoyed an idyllic life in their small hometown outside Atlanta with their adopted 4-year-old, Joey. Then they receive the phone call that shatters their world: a social worker delivers the news that Joeys biological father has been released from prison and is ready to start life overbut with his son. When a judge rules that Joey must be returned to his father, the Campbells, in a silent haze of grief and utter disbelief, watch...
9) Dare to play
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Dare nation volume 3
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"Pitcher, Jaxon Prescott has a lot on his plate. Major League Baseball. Reputation as a player. And now? He's on the verge of losing it all. He didn't mean to sleep with his general manager's daughter or get into a brawl that was captured on camera. But his notoriety is a problem and everything he's worked for is at risk. What's a bad boy to do? Marry his sister's best friend to save his career, even if it's the opposite of everything he wants and...
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Everythig Claire Raphael has, she's earned. On her own. The hard way. One evening when Claire returns from a difficult business trip, her husband Dennis hands her divorce papers along with a court order to vacate their house. Claire doesn't know where to turn or whom to trust, but she soon learns what so many women have had to discover - that when the going gets tough, a woman's as tough as she needs to be.
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A runaway mother's dilemma. Susanna Miller of Colorado loses custody of her baby daughter because of a stint in a mental home. She absconds with her to Maryland and resumes life under an assumed name. The dilemma comes when she learns of a serial killer's next move. If she goes to the police she risks losing her daughter. By the author of Reflection.
12) Sold on a Monday
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2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...
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When Lilia Swallow's husband, Graham, goes into remission after battling lymphoma, the lifestyle blogger throws a party. Suddenly, a new arrival presents Lilia with a baby boy and vanishes. Toby is Graham's son, conceived in a moment of despair. Lilia is unprepared for the betrayal he represents, and for the love she begins to feel once her shock subsides. Now three women will fight for custody: Lilia, who takes Toby into her home and heart; Marina,...
14) The good mother
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After an amicable divorce, undemanding piano teacher Anna Dunlap has built an independent life in New England for herself and her four-year-old daughter, Molly. It's all Anna thinks she needs. Until she meets Leo Cutter, an artist who makes her feel desired, unabashedly sexual, and filled with certitude and passion for the very first time. All it takes is a single unguarded moment for Anna's perfect world to implode. Leveling shocking charges against...
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2020.
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"From the widely acclaimed author of Waiting for Eden: a stirring, timely new novel which unfolds over the course of a single day in Istanbul: the story of an American woman attempting to leave behind her life in Turkey--to leave without her husband. Catherine has been married for many years to Murat, an influential Turkish real estate developer, and they have a young son together, William. But when she decides to leave her marriage and return home...
16) Smoke screen
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Nate Beckett has spent his life fighting wildfires instead of the lies and rumors that drove him from his Colorado hometown. His mother begs him to come back now that his father has been released from prison, but it isn't until he's sidelined by an injury that he's forced to return and face his past. But that means facing Brenna too. Fourteen years ago, Nate was in love with the preacher's daughter. When Pastor Strickland discovered Brenna defied...
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2014
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Merry Gentry, ex-private detective, now full-time princess, knew she was descended from fertility goddesses, but when she learned she was about to have triplets, she began to understand what that might mean. Infertility has plagued the high ranks of faerie for centuries. Now nobles of both courts of faerie are coming to court Merry and her men, at their home in exile in the Western Lands of Los Angeles, because they will do anything to have babies...
18) One Summer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront.
19) Concerning court appointments of parenting coordinators: a resource for courts and professionals
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2007.
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The objective of parenting coordination is to assist high conflict parents in implementing court orders concerning allocation of parental responsibilities in a timely manner. The use of this role is reserved for those high-conflict parents who have demonstrated difficulty in making parenting decisions together, who are unable to comply with court-ordered parenting plans, who cannot or will not reduce their child-related conflicts, and those who are...
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