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It's your divorce, not your children's

Q: My husband and I have decided to divorce. It has been a long time in the planning and we are concerned with how it is going to affect our three children. Our daughters are eight and seven years old, our son is four years old. We are busy [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Divorce and Its Impact on Children

The older-age children (nine to twelve year olds) show greatly enhanced capacity not only to understand the reality but also to employ more advanced coping skills to deal with the stress associated with their parents' separation and divorce [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Marital happiness linked to birth of a child

What married couples have suspected for years is now proven by researchers at the University of Denver (DU) and Texas A&M – children can add problems and stress to a marriage. According to an eight-year study of 218 couples, ninet [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

A fairer divorce

Sir, The Court of Appeal’s decision in the Myerson case (report, April 2) offers a salutary warning to the recently divorced and those currently contemplating a separation. The judgment confirmed that the natural price fluctuati [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Divorce not needed for coma pension

THE wife of a Brisbane man in a coma won't have to divorce her husband to enable him to receive a full disability support pension after Centrelink backflipped. The Courier-Mail reports the case of Paul and Megan Dodd generated a reader outc [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Dhaka women turn bold in divorce

Dhaka city women are taking more control over their life when it comes to terminating troubled marriages. A survey conducted by the Dhaka City Corporation reveals that in 70 percent of the divorces in the last five years, women took the ini [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Divorce and separation: Your questions

If you and your partner are separating, you will have to face the difficult task of dividing your assets. This could involve selling your home, splitting a pension fund and arranging maintenance payments for children. How do you [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Britain's first divorce fair gets underway

Exhibitors at the Starting Over Show (SOS) included solicitors, mortgage advisers, life coaches and a "mystic housewife healer" offering spiritual help. Event organisers hope the show will attract up to 1,000 people seeking help [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Couples Find Ways To Marry, Divorce For Cheap

Couples in Palm Beach County are saving thousands of dollars by getting married and divorced at the courthouse with do-it-yourself packets. For those planning a wedding or divorce, there are ways to save during these tough economic times. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Hasty marriage, quick divorce?

A man came into my life via an Internet site and very quickly decided he loved me. He flew to visit me and asked me to marry him right away. He was a teacher with tenure but quit his job to follow me overseas, where my father was dying, las [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Separation, Divorce and the Very Young Child

Raising Maine Separation, Divorce and the Very Young Child This evening presentation will illustrate the challenges faced by families going through separation and divorce whose children are infants through early school years age. Handouts w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Divorce rates up as recession bites

DIVORCE rates in Swindon are climbing - and mounting debt is the main reason for it. Mark Keenan, founder and legal director of divorce website www.divorce-online.co.uk says economic factors are driving a wedge between couples across the to [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Credit crunch 'affecting marriages'

Money worries are driving more couples to go for counselling, a charity has said.Relationship counselling service Relate released figures showing two-thirds of its centres had seen a rise in demand due to the recession, and the effect was p [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

14-year-old bride divorces 'husband'

Israel's youngest couple ever to apply for a divorce was granted one by the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court this week. The court ruled after the groom's parents discovered that the teenage lovers - she 14 and he 17 - had exchanged marriage vows. [...]