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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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Bigamist arrested in McDowell County

McDowell County police deputies in North Carolina have arrested and charged 33-year-old Old Fort resident Tia Chappell with bigamy and perjury on Monday, September 8. Chappell swore to court officials on June 1 that it was her first time to marry, however, investigators were able to glean information that she had been married twice before, […]

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Neil Young files divorce petition from wife, Pegi

Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young has filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in his hometown of San Mateo, California from his wife of 36 years, Pegi. According to data obtained by Rolling Stone Magazine on Tuesday, August 26, the “Heart of Gold” singer petitioned for divorce on July 29, 2014. Pegi, who also has her own musical […]

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Former Knicks point guard Raymond Felton to finalize divorce

Thirty-year-old ex-New York Knicks basketball point guard Raymond Felton, who was traded to the Dallas Mavericks late last month, recently put the finishing touches on a divorce agreement with his 26-year-old wife Ariane Raymondo-Felton, the New York Daily News reported on July 3. The divorce deal was outlined and agreed upon in the Manhattan Supreme Court, but the couple did not make […]

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Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans formally divorced from husband

Twenty-two-year-old Jenelle Evans of Raleigh, who is best remembered for starring on Teen Mom 2, officially divorced her husband, Courtland Rogers, United Press International reported. A clerk from Brunswick County confirmed to that Evans was finally granted divorce from estranged husband Rogers on Tuesday, June 10, after waiting for more than a year. Divorce laws in […]

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NC church pastor commits adultery, will divorce

After just nine months of heading North Carolina’s West Presbyterian Church, 33-year-old Reverend Reggie and his wife Ashley-Anne Masters plan to undergo divorce proceedings due to his adultery, The Christian Post reported on May 19. Almost the entire time he served as a pastor for the 2000-member congregation, he carried on an affair with an unnamed woman. Salem Presbytery, […]

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Teen Mom 2 star's husband delays divorce papers

MTV’s American reality TV star Jenelle Evans’ soon-to-be-ex-husband Courtland Rogers is reportedly delaying signing the divorce papers filed by Evans on May 2, Wetpaint reported on May 12. According to Rogers’ Twitter account post on Saturday, May 10, he won’t sign anything until his lawyer is present, which won’t be until at least July 11. Evans is scheduled […]

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Former North Carolina State QB, Russell Wilson, files for divorce

Former North Carolina State University quarterback and now NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson, announced on Wednesday,  April 23 that he and his wife, Ashton, are filing for divorce after being married for two years. Wilson said he is planning to remain silent on the matter and asked the public for “prayers and understanding and privacy […]

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