Changing the face of divorced dads
13 Aug
Posted by yuming as Child Custody & Support, Divorce News & Features
Although there are abundant horror stories about deadbeat fathers, divorced dads who want to spend more time with their kids are a growing group trying to be heard. In his latest book, Hollywood celebrity Alec Baldwin speaks of his own struggle with post-divorce alienation from his daughter — we are forced to think that this [...]
Brangelina may have sounded like cheeseball idealists when they said, “Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.” But seriously, wouldn’t the world be a much better place when we stop this nonsense about who can get married and now who [...]
In the recent hoo-ha over what was possibly the first gay celebrity divorce in the world — Little Britain star Matt Lucas split from his long-term partner Kevin McGee, a TV producer. They were in a civil union for 18 months after living together for four years.
This is not the first gay “divorce” to emerge [...]
With the Iraq war in its sixth year and some US soldiers on their third or fourth combat tour, divorce rate is soaring among the military.
There were about 8,700 divorces involving American soldiers last year, compared to an estimated 5,500 in 2001, wrote David Smith in an article in The Guardian, Sunday.
James Pritchard, a chaplain [...]
Post-grad women are more likely to divorce than men
26 May
Posted by yuming as Divorce News & Features
According to an impending study by Washington & Lee University School of Law Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson, women with MBAs have a higher chance of divorcing their spouses than men.
A judge will allow a lesbian couple, who married in Canada, to divorce — the first-ever same-sex divorce in the state of New York.
Although New York does not permit same-sex marriages, but Supreme Court Justice Laura Drager refused to dismiss a divorce and child custody suit by a woman, known only as Beth R., against [...]
More and more Americans are saying “I don’t”, rather than “I do”, in divorce ceremonies. You would think it’s a morbid concept but these quirky events are more about ending something for a new beginning.
Some choose to reminisce over happier times and ceremoniously declare, “With this ring, I unwed thee.” You read that right: there [...]
