Blog Posts in April, 2010
- 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 court. The State of Texas is appealing the lower ...
- 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 were higher than any other month since March 2006. A ...
- 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 over child custody and child support than when ...
- 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 terms of their family law settlement, Nas is ...
- 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 have been married for thirteen years, has two ...
- 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 the pair say the couple is working out the final ...
- 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 agreement for Ms. Bullock, whose net worth was ...
- 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 day period before any court action takes place. ...
- 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 family law court. The new clause is Indian law is ...
- 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 McComb. The couple split amicably and were able to ...
- 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 interesting to see how same sex divorces affect the ...