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Guiding your kids to healthy emotions after divorce

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 […]

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Getting divorced in some states is extremely difficult

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 […]

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Divorce and Annulment in North Carolina

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 […]

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Ten marriages and fewer divorces later, New York woman faces felonies

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 […]

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Divorce rates rise when the wife gets sick

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, […]

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Eva Mendes' thoughts on marriage and divorce under fire

Forty-one-year-old actress Eva Mendes is currently under fire for her comments about marriage and divorce, but some support her position, according to an opinion piece on Time. In a recent interview with the new mother, Mendes reportedly said, “No, no, no! You can’t do sweatpants! Ladies, number one cause of divorce in America? Sweatpants! No, […]

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Chapel Hill triple-murder suspect’s wife files for divorce

Karen Hicks, the wife of 46-year-old murder suspect Craig Stephen Hicks,  is planning to file a petition to divorce her husband, the International Business Times reported on February 12. Craig Hicks is suspected of shooting and killing three Muslim college students at their home in Finley Forest condominium complex on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, […]

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Nicholas Sparks' wife purchased $1.1M home after split announced

The wife of 49-year-old American novelist, screenwriter, and producer Nicholas Charles Sparks – Cathy Sparks – was reported by entertainment news network TMZ to have moved out of their old home and purchased a new $1.1 million mansion in New Bern, North Carolina in December 2014. Cathy Sparks’ new residence has 4 acres of lakefront […]

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U.S. males may not pursue spousal support from ex-wives due to gender roles

According to the National Census, of the 400,000 people in the United States receiving post-divorce financial assistance, only 3% of them are males and the rest are females. However, 40% of households are headed by women who make the majority of the household income. What could possibly be the cause for this disparity? The author of Divorcing […]

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Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn to divorce

After being married to each other for 13 long years, 42-year-old Hollywood television and film actress Angie Harmon and 43-year-old former cornerback for the National Football League Jason Heath Sehorn announced on November 3 that they have reached an “amicable separation,” BreatheCast reported. Because of their conflicting work schedules across the country, their relationship was put […]

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