Blog Posts in April, 2010
Posted on Apr 22, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to a recent Miami Herald.com article, an appeals court in Texas will hear arguments on whether a same-sex couple who were married in Massachusetts can get a divorce in a Texas family law ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to a recent TBO.com article , the economic climate is affecting divorce rates. The number of divorces filed in March in the family law divisions at the Hillsborough County court in Tampa ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2010 By Stann Givens
According to a recent Huffington Post.com article , children are more adversely affected by family discord than divorce . Children are more harmed by the fighting that occurs in a contested divorce ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to an AssociatedPress.com article, rapper Nas faced a contempt charge for breaking the child support and alimony terms of his divorce settlement with ex-wife, singer Kelis. According to the ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to a People.com article, CNN's host Larry King filed for his eighth divorce yesterday. His wife, Shawn Southwick King filed a counter petition for divorce shortly thereafter. The couple, who ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2010 By Chris Givens
Rumors of Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, filing for divorce have been rampant since Wood's infidelities were exposed in November of 2009. According to a recent People.com article, sources close to ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2010 By Stann Givens
According to a recent Denver Post.com article , Sandra Bullock's husband, Jesse James will get no money if the parties divorce due to his infidelity. If true, that is one great family law prenuptial ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to a recent KSWT.com report, the Arizona House will vote today on a bill that aims to strengthen the commitment of marriage. Presently, parties in a divorce case in Arizona must wait a sixty ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2010 By Christian Givens
Thinking of airing your dirty laundry over Facebook or Twitter? Think again. A recent Times of India article set out how courts in India have begun to accept tweets and status updates as evidence in ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2010 By Chris Givens
According to a recent EOnline.com report , James Van Der Beek, star of the former hit show Dawson's Creek , has come to an agreement on the terms of divorce with his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Heather ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2010 By Stann Givens
A recent Houston Chronicle article outlines the first same sex divorce in Texas. Texas law does not allow same sex marriages. The two women had been married in Massachusetts in 2004. It will be ...
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