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Results of New York State?s No-Fault Divorce

Posted on July 01, 2010
There could be a major change in the works for New York?s archaic style of divorce, the New York Times reports. Currently, for a citizen of the state of New York state to get a divorce, one of the limited number of allowable reasons have to be given. These reasons include, adultery, cruelty, imprisonment or abandonment...

Japan Sees a Surge in Divorce Ceremonies

Posted on June 30, 2010
The ceremony may have looked familiar, as friends and loved ones gathered around Saori Teshima and her husband to celebrate a monumental life change. But this wasn?t a wedding. When the ring was displayed, the pair weren?t joined, but separated. They took up a hammer and smashed the ring to bits, completing what is becoming [...

Is Divorce Contagious?

Posted on June 29, 2010
Divorce may be a social contagion that can spread through friends, family and even coworkers, according to a recent study by James Fowler, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, that was posted on CNN.com. The preliminary findings of the study, which had fellow researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities, indicates that [...

New York State Could Pass No-Fault Divorce Bill

Posted on June 28, 2010
When Julie Chang filed for a divorce from her husband of 13 years, claiming cruelty, it took seven years for the New York courts to let her out of the marriage. According to Chang, those years cost her $40,000, and amounted to ?judge-sanctioned harassment...

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California Bill Prevents Spouses who Hire Hit Men from Collecting

Posted on June 22, 2010
A story that sounds like it was taken from a mobster movie has led to a change in California divorce law, as a man sought to prevent his wife from benefiting financially from their divorce. Why did he want to prevent her from getting money in the divorce, beyond the usual reasons? Well, for starters, she [...

Deceased Actor Gary Coleman?s Ex-Wife Still Common Law Wife?

Posted on June 21, 2010
Gary Coleman, whose fame began as a child star in ?Diff?rent Strokes?, died on May 28. At the time, Coleman was legally divorced from his wife, Shannon Price, since August of 2008. After Coleman?s death, Price filed a petition to be the administratrix Coleman?s estate...

Powerful Women of Music Navigate Divorce

Posted on June 18, 2010
The latest tales of celebrity divorce involve two powerful women in the music business: Shania Twain and Sarah McClachlan. According to CBS News, country music superstar Shania Twain has finalized her divorce from ex-husband Robert ?Mutt? Lange. The two were married for 14 years, and separated in May of 2008...

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt?s Divorce Alternative: Legal Seperation

Posted on June 17, 2010
Reality TV mainstay Heidi Montag filed for a legal separation from her husband Spencer Pratt in Santa Monica on June 8. Montag cited irreconcilable difference in her court documents requesting a separation, according to People.com. What is a legal separation? A legal separation does not put an end to the marriage...

Can Brain Activity Help Us Understand A Happy Marriage?

Posted on June 14, 2010
Researchers are growing increasingly interested in trying to pinpoint what makes long-term marriages make it. A recent article from The New York Times lays out some research into the brain activity of happily married couples and those that don?t make it...

Divorce Cases Hinging on Facebook?

Posted on June 12, 2010
A recent article on CNN.com is reporting that an increasing number of divorce cases are being determined based on content uploaded to the popular social-networking website Facebook. In the article, several divorce and family law attorneys describe their experience with the evolving use of Facebook for undermining the credibility of one of the spouses...

Texas Couple gets Entangled in Domestic Abuse Laws in Costa Rica

Posted on June 11, 2010
The seemingly fairytale romance between Dennis Janik and his wife, Susan, started with their dream to move to Costa Rica to start an animal sanctuary. It ended in a tale of divorce and legal entanglements that have all but squashed their ambitions to help animals in Central America...

Researchers Try to Understand Marriage and Divorce

Posted on June 10, 2010
The surprising divorce of power couple Al and Tipper Gore has reminded the American public about that simple truth: nobody knows what goes on in a marriage except the two people in it. Few predicted that prominent divorce, and researchers have found that divorce on the whole is a difficult outcome to predict or to quantify...

Do Half of all Marriages Really End in Divorce?

Posted on June 08, 2010
We?ve all heard the popular statistic which seems to doom half of all of our friends, family and even our marriages to the realm of divorce, but is it true? According to Time.com, the statistic that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce may be more myth than reality...

Lawyers Using Facebook to Catch Cheating Spouses

Posted on June 07, 2010
Before the advent and spread of social media web sites like Facebook, a lawyer investigating a divorce case would probably use the traditional methods: private investigation and subpoenas. Now, though, a lawyer starts his or her investigation online, with a check on Facebook for any incriminating evidence, according to an article from CNN...

Al and Tipper Gore?s Shocking Divorce

Posted on June 04, 2010
When it comes to global influence, there are fewer couples who have had more impact on the way the public views crucial social and environmental issues than Al and Tipper Gore. The news that the two would divorce caught even their friends off-guard. The former vice president and his wife recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, [...

Dennis Hopper?s Divorce Continues after his Death

Posted on June 03, 2010
When actor Dennis Hopper died last week of prostate cancer, he left behind not only a legacy as an actor, but a bitter divorce with his fifth wife, Victoria. After Hopper was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he made a difficult decision to file for divorce from his wife...

Celebrity Divorce News Featuring Tiger Woods and Jesse James

Posted on May 31, 2010
This week’s latest celebrity divorce news features the ongoing negotiations of the world’s best golfer as he separates from his wife, and the tell-all interview with Jesse James, the cheating ex of actress Sandra Bullock. There was a lot of speculation about what the wife of Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, would pursue as a part of [...

Parents of Autistic Children Divorce Less than the Myths Say, Study Shows

Posted on May 27, 2010
There is a myth that circulates among the community of parents of autistic children saying that the divorce rate among such families is 80 percent. However, a new study has debunked that myth, showing that divorce rates are in fact similar between families with and without autistic children, WebMD is reporting...

Will Divorce Kill the Electric Car?

Posted on May 24, 2010
A high-profile divorce could impact a major producer of electric cars, according to an article from Reuters. The article outlines the divorce requests made by Justine Musk. Musk is splitting from Elon Musk, the co-founder and largest shareholder of Tesla Motors, a car start-up that offers high-performance roadsters powered only by electricity...

Divorce Plays a Part in Several Violent Episodes

Posted on May 20, 2010
Divorce has a way of heightening emotional stress. Often people in the midst of divorce act as a result of their passions, rather than reason. And in a few situations, the result of stress and anger is extreme violence. Two of these stories have emerged from across the U...

NBA Star Dwayne Wade?s Wife Ordered to be Taken into Custody

Posted on May 17, 2010
A Chicago judge has ordered that the estranged wife of Miami Heat star basketball player Dwayne Wade be taken into custody, according to an article in USA Today. The order came after Siohvaughn Wade failed to appear for a divorce hearing. Once she is taken into custody, Siovaughn will have to post a $10,000 bond in [...

Pennsylvania Woman?s Divorce of David Lee Roth is News to Him

Posted on May 13, 2010
Jo Ann Fonzone, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been attempting to divorce former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth for the last four years. The seeming hang-up in the case? Roth’s representation claims that he?s never been married to her. According to an article in The Morning Call, the David Lee Roth case is but [...

Same-Sex Divorce Poses its own Legal Hurdles

Posted on May 10, 2010
In Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage was legalized several months ago, local attorney Lawrence Jacobs has a message for same-sex newlyweds: marriage may be legal now, but divorce may be a tougher challenge. Five states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage at this point, and the legal challenges of same-sex divorces are starting [...

Celebrity Divorce Round-up

Posted on May 06, 2010
This week, several celebrity divorces made headlines, meaning the end of speculation about the relationships of Oscar winner Sandra Bullock, newsman Larry King and perpetual newsmaker Charlie Sheen. Sandra Bullock finally filed for divorce from her husband Jesse James in Austin, Texas, after she was seen around town without her wedding ring on...

Pop star Cheryl Cole?s Divorce Demands

Posted on May 03, 2010
British pop star Cheryl Cole’s singing career isn’t the only arena in which she will be going solo, however, as she has decided to pursue a divorce from Ashley Cole, soccer star for the team Chelsea in the English Premier League. Ashley has been at the center of several sex scandals, including allegations of an [...

Author of Divorce Memoir Juggles Book Tour, Wedding Planning

Posted on April 30, 2010
Life after divorce can be a complicated?and often surprising?process. For one writer, celebrating the end of her first marriage led to an unexpected result: a new one. In a recent article for CNN, Sascha Rothchild described her peculiar predicament. Rothchild had completed a new memoir called “How to Get Divorced by 30,” about her split from [...

Celebrity Divorce News Reflects Times of Transition

Posted on April 26, 2010
Divorce is never simple. Emotional complications and financial realities often impact the way that people proceed with the complicated task of exiting a long term relationship. While celebrity divorces can often seem to come out of nowhere, the latest news from the rich and famous reflects couples in transition, either considering divorce or reversing their decision [...

Divorce Makes Some Couple do Strange Things

Posted on April 23, 2010
When it comes to divorces that don’t involve celebrities, there are usually two kinds of stories that make it into the news: those that chronicle odd behaviors and incidents that led to divorce, and the strange and often unpleasant ways that people deal with a divorce that has already occurred...

Interfaith Marriage Ends in Religious Custody Battle

Posted on April 22, 2010
Interfaith marriages have increased over the years causing religion to play a key role in child custody cases across the nation. Parents find themselves fighting not only for the right to spend time with their kids, but to share with them their individual religious beliefs...

Divorce Party Turns Fatal

Posted on April 19, 2010
Divorce parties have become more and more popular in the past decade. The idea behind these parties is that recent divorcees invite their family and friends to celebrate their dissolved marriage and newly found freedom. But unfortunately for one British woman, her divorce party ended with a fatal twist...

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