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  • Trial Marriages Proposed
    Lawmakers from the Party of the Democratic Revolution in Mexico City recently proposed a controversial new bill that would allow temporary marriage licenses, which can be discarded or renewed after a minimum two year period. If the legislation allowing temporary marriages is fully... Read More

  • Divorce & Social Security

    Although anyone over 50 probably knows that the Social Security Administration sends out annual statements that can assist pre-retirees in estimating their benefits in the future, very few are aware how divorce and re-marriage can affect those resources and knowing the laws surrounding... Read More

  • Protecting Divorce Records
    Identity theft is a growing problem in the United States these days and the theft of marriage and divorce records is part of the problem. Once a thief has access to a person’s marital records it can open the door for ongoing fraud and even though obtaining vital records illegally is... Read More

  • Mediterranean Divorce

    The New Year is a time for reflection and a look back at some the people and events that made a difference in the quality of people's lives. A recent article by author Stephen Calleja in the Malta Independent Online covering the top stories and events that had the greatest impact on... Read More

  • New Divorce Rules for Europe
    New European Union legislation on divorce will enable couples with different nationalities, those living apart in different countries, or those living together in a nation other than their home country, to decide which country's laws apply to their divorce. The European Parliament passed... Read More

  • Life & Death Divorce
    A greedy Long Island mom who didn’t feel like haggling over her divorce and instead hatched a plot to take it all by force received an unpleasant surprise in criminal court recently. The judge in a Nassau County, New York courtroom summed up the situation when he said "She didn... Read More

  • Divorce of Least Resistance
    Critics of the no fault divorce laws here in the United States have long claimed that the ease of negotiating an uncontested divorce process is just too easy and actually encourages people to get divorced. Supporters refute the claim and say there is no reason a couple should be forced to... Read More

  • Waiting for Divorce
    People waiting to get divorced in Arizona will not be getting any extra time to think about splitting up before they actually make the break. Arizona divorce law currently requires a 60-day waiting period before a couple can move forward with a divorce application. That requirement has... Read More

  • Divorce Quakes
    In recent news from the China it seems a new cause for that nation’s rapidly rising divorce rate has just been discovered; earthquakes. The China Daily website recently reported that “experts” are saying that the devastating magnitude-8 Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 that... Read More

  • Prenups are Serious Business
    When the British Supreme Court upheld a decision last month in favor of heiress Katrin Radmacher it showed that divorce law in the U.K. was following U.S. laws in that legally recorded prenuptial agreements are binding. The move signaled that even wealthy women are likely to have their... Read More

  • Mandatory Divorce Reading
    Books can make news for many different reasons these days and the best-seller racks are always full of new and interesting titles to choose from, but it is not often that books make news because they are mandatory reading. Especially not books on parenting, divorce and family... Read More

  • Prenups Gaining Traction in U.K.
    The current trend toward increasing reliance on prenuptial agreements for marriages in the United States seems to be taking hold in the United Kingdom as well. In a recent case that went before the British Supreme Court, a plaintiff’s request to change a prenup signed in 1998 was... Read More

  • Divorce Capitals
    Recent statistics show that the state of Florida and in particular, Panama City, Florida leads the nation in the number of annual divorces. After examining the statistics for the number of divorced people reported to be in each city, the totals were compared to the number of people... Read More

  • 4,600 Divorces a Day
    International news readers will recognize that news reporting in India is frequently concerned with the goings-on of their more populous neighbor to the North, China. This week the Times of India newspaper is reporting that the rapidly rising divorce rate in China is due to mounting... Read More

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