The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to millions of Muslims, has finalized his divorce from a German princess after years of legal dispute. Lawyers for the Aga Khan and his ex-wife, Gabriele Renate Inaara Zu Leiningen, released a statement Friday saying their marriage ‘‘ends by consent’’ after the Paris Court of Appeals approved a divorce settlement. [...]
A same-sex couple that was legally married out of state may be denied a divorce Legal expert Mark McDaniel said in his opinion that will be because it is legally impossible to do so in the state of Alabama. The state passed the Alabama Marriage Protection Act in 1998, which rejects same-sex marriage and does not [...]
In an unusual case, the family court has granted divorce twice to a couple in a span of five years. Judge Nirmala V Bhaid on Friday, granted divorce to a businessman from Wakad from his wife of seven years, after he managed to prove his wife was in the habit of visiting her parent’s residence [...]
Q: My husband was married previously, and through his divorce he agreed that his ex-wife could keep their former house. The divorce decree ordered her to make the mortgage payments and required her to refinance the home to take my husband's name off the mortgage. However, she did neither or made her payments late. She [...]
A top investment banker and her stay-at-home husband are locked in an £11m divorce battle, after an argument on a family holiday ended their marriage. House husband, Weng Choy, filed for divorce from his "breadwinner" wife, Lena Tan, in January 2012, after a row days earlier on New Year's Eve, whilst on a family holiday [...]
Major life events are often the catalyst for equally sizable financial decisions, so most advisors are well versed in what it takes to help their wealthy clients prepare for and manage key milestones. Some events, however, happen without warning, such as death or divorce. Unwelcomed circumstances such as these require a special approach. Late last [...]
Matrimonial Survey 2013 Our 10th annual matrimonial survey of UK family lawyers looks at current trends in family law – and reveals the who, why and how much of UK divorce. Since the inception of Grant Thornton’s matrimonial survey 10 years ago, the landscape of family law has changed considerably, with shifting family dynamics [...]
Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews' plan to equip couples with $200 vouchers for counselling could drive the national divorce rate down, Relationships Australia says. The government's $20 million, 12-month trial will start on July 1. It is the brainchild of Mr Andrews, who has said he wants to ''help couples achieve a greater degree of [...]
Dealing with Divorce Renee Bauer has served as a family law practitioner for 10 years supporting struggling couples with the process of divorce. The local resident said that with so much inaccurate material available about the subject, she thought it would be fitting to combine her knowledge of the business and her passion [...]
A new study found that divorce rates are significantly higher in conservative states, and lower in liberal ones—and that religion is the main factor of the difference. “Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding Regional Variation in Divorce Rates,” due for publication in the American Journal of Sociology, found that that conservative Alabama and Arkansas have close [...]