Raleigh Divorce Blog

Sixty-eight-year-old Daryl Hall, co-founder and lead vocalist of the classic band Hall & Oates, is divorcing with his wife of six years, Amanda Aspinall. Aspinall is the daughter of British gambling mogul John Aspinall, according to a Radar Online report. The divorce petition, which was filed by Aspinall on Monday, August 10 in a Connecticut […]

Forty-four-year-old R&B singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton and his wife Tarshá Hamilton are divorcing after ten years of marriage, a press release stated. According to the press release, Hamilton and McMillan’s priority is to co-parent their three children – Princeton, Nolan, and Aaron – together. They will also have no qualms in working together on music projects […]

Rapper Earl Simmons, more popularly known by his stage names DMX and Dark Man X, was sentenced on July 14 to six months in prison in the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo for failing to pay $400,000 in child support, a statement from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office showed, according to WGCL-TV Atlanta In an interview with […]

According to an article by The Street on July 6, many fathers prefer to give children the things they need directly rather than simply make child support payments. A study led by Baltimore, Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University that looked into the lives of 367 low-income non-custodial fathers in the cities of Austin, Charleston, and Philadelphia […]

If you have recently gone through a divorce, one thing that you must prioritize is the welfare of your children. There are a few steps that you can take in order to help guide your children to a more healthy emotional place following the break up. Tell your children your true feelings regarding the divorce. If […]

In the United States, getting divorced in some states can be an extremely lengthy and taxing process for couples who want to move on with their lives, Newsweek reported on May 17. Some states, including Oklahoma, Arizona and Utah, require divorcing couples with children to take parenting classes. Others mandate an extensive period of separation prior to filing […]

If you and your partner have entered into a marriage that could be considered non-legal or voidable, either you or your partner can request an annulment, which would make the marriage null and void as if it never happened in the first place. This type of separation is not a divorce; if two people divorce, the state still […]

Thirty-nine-year-old Bronx resident Liana Barrientos is facing felony charges and possible jail time after authorities found out she tied the knot 10 times in 11 years, and may have been married to up to eight men at once between the years 1999 and 2010, TIME reported on April 10. Among the charges Barrientos faces are […]

The recent arrest of 17-year-old Kelton Fox in Durham for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Tierra Hall has tragically brought teenage domestic violence into the spotlight in North Carolina, WTVD reported on April 1. Fox has been indicted with first-degree murder in relation to Hall, who was found dead behind a vacant home on March […]

A new study done by Iowa State University assistant professor of human development and family studies Amelia Karraker and colleague Kenzie Latham showed that divorce rates rise by 6% when wives contract a serious illness, the Washington Post reported on March 6. The study, which was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, […]