Divorce and Family News

  • Cohabitation is not Marriage Practice
    September 21, 2009 | comments: 0
    Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, says young men and women in their 20’s today suffer from the effects of modern hedonistic lifestyles that have shattered traditional family values and replaced them with a relationship wasteland... Read More

  • Man Seeks to Ban Divorce in California
    September 18, 2009 | comments: 1
    John Marcotte, who runs the website BadMouth.net, is trying to collect signatures to get his own bill, the "California Protection of Marriage Act" on the ballot in the Golden State. If Marcotte’s bill passes, divorce would become illegal in California. Marcotte’s... Read More

  • Hugh Hefner Files for Divorce
    September 17, 2009 | comments: 0
    Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner recently filed for divorce from his estranged wife, former Playmate Kimberley Conrad, 47, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple was married in 1989, but have been separated since 1998. Hefner's divorce action follows a $5 million lawsuit filed... Read More

  • Stable Household Trumps Two Parents
    September 16, 2009 | comments: 0
    An Ohio State University professor has published the findings of a study of family stability that shows growing up in a stable household is more important for a child’s development than whether or not the family has two parents in the home. The findings were released in "... Read More

  • Defense of Marriage Act Under Fire
    September 15, 2009 | comments: 0
    A New York Congressman plans to introduce a bill in Congress that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), or at least repeal the part of the Act that denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States today. It is uncertain whether or not Congressman Jerry... Read More

  • CDC Report Shows Massachusetts has Lowest Divorce Rate
    September 8, 2009 | comments: 0
    A recently released study of divorce in the United States shows that same-sex marriage has not ruined the institution of marriage in Massachusetts as some opponents had claimed it would back in 2004 when the state began issuing same-sex marriage licenses following the Supreme Court... Read More

  • Gay Marriage on Hold in California for Now
    August 19, 2009 | comments: 0
    Gay rights supporters in California are debating when the next assault on the state's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban should be launched. Although many Prop. 8 opponents are eager to get to work before the 2010 elections, Equality California, the state's largest gay-rights group, is... Read More

  • DUI & Child Custody – More than Just Money?
    August 18, 2009 | comments: 0
    Everyone knows that a conviction for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol can be a very expensive proposition. One first-time DUI conviction can easily end up costing a driver over $10,000 in associated fines and costs in most states today. However, the non-financial... Read More

  • Children Coping with Divorce
    August 5, 2009 | comments: 0
    A recent study reports that the coping skills of children of divorced parents can depend largely on how the parents react to the situation. Divorce affects children in many different ways and children typically experience varied feelings and emotions, but the feelings depend mostly on the... Read More

  • Divorce Hurts Your Health
    July 30, 2009 | comments: 0
    A recent study of people aged 51 to 61 by Professor Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has shown that the experience of divorce has specific long-term negative effects on physical health. According to the study, both divorce and the subsequent life of a widow or widower can generate... Read More

  • Senator John Kerry Backs DOMA Lawsuit in Massachusetts
    July 14, 2009 | comments: 0
    On July 9th, 2009, Senator John Kerry released a statement supporting Massachusetts’s court challenge of the Defense of Marriage Act.  Kerry is backing the lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of... Read More

  • Massachusetts Takes on Feds over Same-Sex Marriage

    July 9, 2009 | comments: 0
    Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage back in 2003. This week in Boston, Massachusetts became the first state to file suit against the U.S. government over the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The DOMA was established in 1996 and forbids... Read More

  • Divorce by Jury
    July 6, 2009 | comments: 0
    Georgia and Texas are the only states where a couple can get divorced in a full-blown jury trial proceeding, including a verdict handed down by 12 of their peers. Although everyone knows jury trials are far more expensive and labor intensive than other forms of divorce, the laws remain on... Read More

  • World’s Shortest Marriage
    June 30, 2009 | comments: 0
    Even though the overall divorce rate in the United States hovers near 50% by some estimations, the number seems small in comparison to the stats for a Polish couple in Hannover, Germany who recently created their own personal divorce rate of 100%. The deed was accomplished in less than 24... Read More