This is a story of “he said”/”she said” that must have more to it than the media is reporting.
A Pakistani court found in favor of “Zakia of Bund Road” and granted the divorce that she requested. Her allegations were that her husband, Pervaiz, was not treating her well. His version of the story is that [...]
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
Connecticut Divorce, Larger Than Life
Posted in Divorce on Oct 22nd, 2009
Connecticut is a small state; it’s ranked 48th in the U.S. in terms of the area it covers. However, it seems to have more than its fair share of dramatic divorces. (I’ve written about some others, and I’m tempted to create a Connecticut tag for entries because I know there will be more.) This particular [...]
Technology + Divorce = Nothing George Orwell Imagined
Posted in Divorce, Offbeat, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Oct 22nd, 2009
This story is a short update on the Smith and Walsh-Smith divorce and, despite the title, YouTube has a minor role in the update. The news is that, on Wednesday, New York’s Appellate Division upheld a lower court ruling that granted the couple’s divorce and found their pre-nup valid.
If you’re an internet regular, you probably [...]
As have government entities in other countries, Malaysia’s state of Terengganu is now offering a three-day honeymoon package worth about $450 to help couples with marital difficulty reconcile and avoid divorce. While Malaysia did not reveal its divorce rate, the story describes the rate as “soaring”. Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country, and it’s for [...]
Spain’s Social Acceptance of Divorce
Posted in Divorce on Oct 14th, 2009
According to this story, Spain’s acceptance of divorce is only second to Brazil’s. The University of Granada’s Department of Sociology announced their finding that 79 per cent of Spanish people think that “when a couple is not able to solve their marital problems, divorce is the best solution.” Interestingly, based on the data in the [...]
Here in the Puget Sound area, many of the local counties require that parents in family law cases take a class to help them see things from the perspective of a child in the process, with the goal being that parents will know what to do to help their family successfully navigate the transition they’re [...]
Kate plus $180K
Posted in Child Support, Divorce, Financial on Oct 14th, 2009
This story is the latest in the “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ (now “Kate Plus Eight”) divorce proceedings. While it sounds like the divorcing couple sought the services of an arbitrator to help resolve conflicts about how each used marital funds. However, Jon did not follow through on the arbitrator’s order to return $180,000 of [...]
Here is a little snippet about another way divorce is popping up in mainstream culture. Project Runway’s October 8, 2009 episode featured the challenge of having the designers cast on the show take divorcees’ wedding gowns and transform them into something new for their new life (after divorce).
If you want to spoil the surprise, you [...]