The Prospective Spouse Checklist

Evaluating Your Potential Partner

by Isabelle Fox, Ph.D., and Robert M. Fox, J.D.

The institution of marriage is under quiet, but relentless, attack. Divorce now destroys 50 percent of marriages. Isabelle and Robert Fox seek to help men and women make more intelligent selections of their spouses.

The Prospective Spouse Checklist provides couples on the marriage path with solid, common sense tips and a thought-provoking list to help them find out if they have compatible backgrounds and interests. It predicts how potential partners will respond to handling finances, traumatic childhood pasts and deciding on parenthood.

Here are thirty-five key questions that every couple contemplating marriage should answer. Does your prospective spouse fulfill the four key roles required of every husband and wife? Are there “red flags” warning of a potentially problematic relationship ahead? Find out before it is too late.

Isabelle Fox, Ph.D., has degrees from Harvard and UCLA, and has practiced as a clinical psychotherapist for more than three decades. She has extensive experience involving divorce, custody, marital counseling and other family issues.

Robert M. Fox, J.D., is a practicing attorney with broad experience in medical malpractice, personal injury and divorce law. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Southwestern University. Isabelle and Robert live in Sherman Oaks, California.

Nonfiction, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 240 pages
Self-help/Family & Relationships/Marriage
LC #2011923245, world rights
ISBN-13: 978-0-88282-375-1 (pb), $14.95