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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

  • Divorcing Down Under
    The news from Down Under concerning the state of divorce in Australia seems to mirror that of the United States when it comes to increasing money worries in a tight economy leading to a rise in the number of total divorces in that country. As reported recently in The Sydney Morning Herald... Read More

  • State-Sponsored Anti-Divorce Classes
    Reflecting concerns over the rising rate of divorce across Asia and in China in particular, government officials in one state in Malaysia have taken some extraordinary measures by offering state-sponsored courses in maintaining marital intimacy in an effort to help keep couples and... 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

  • 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

  • Divorce Contagion

    A recent study from Brown University followed 12,000 people in Framingham, Massachusetts over a 32-year period beginning in 1948. The study has a very long name, and some very interesting observations about divorce in the United States.The study conducted by Rose McDermott of Brown... Read More

  • 55,000 Couples Want a Divorce
    Now that all 50 U.S. states have some form of no-fault divorce on the books with the recent addition of New York as the last hold-out to make the switch, it seems more liberalized divorce laws are being written internationally as well. The Parliament in New Delhi, India is planning to... Read More

  • How Does Your City Rank for Divorce?
    A recent article in Men's Health magazine has ranked 100 U.S. metropolitan areas according to their prospects for divorce. The magazine analyzed the rates of failed marriages, the divorce laws, the percentages of those divorced, and the number of licensed marriage and family therapists in... Read More

  • Divorce Hurts Your Health
    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

  • Divorce Still Morally OK
    According to the results of the Gallup Poll’s annual Moral Acceptability poll completed on May 10, 2009, the moral views of most Americans have changed very little in the last year. The poll found that the morals of the nation might have shifted ever-so-slightly to the right, but... Read More

  • Giving Love a Second Chance
    Thinking of giving marriage another try? Not many people do it says the US Census bureau but once you do, you've got a fair shot at staying married. Check out these "second time around" statistics. 8 Average length, in years, of first marriages ending in divorce. 3 1/2 The... Read More

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