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Recent Posts from Nolo’s Divorce, Custody & Family Law Blog

• Health Care Costs Encourage Divorce--For Economic Purposes Only

  We're all familiar with the concept of a "marriage of convenience," where partners marry for reasons more practical than romantic. But in the current economy there's now an increase in what could be seen as…

• Divorce Not Conducive to Good Health

  It seems that divorce is not only stressful and difficult in the short term--according to a New York Times article about a new study, both divorce and the death of a spouse can have long…

• Opposites Attract, But Does it Last?

  A recent New Zealand study says that while opposites may attract, after a while they begin to repel each other -- leading to a higher divorce rate than that of couples who are more alike.…

• It's True: Baseball is Good for Relationships! Divorce Rates Lower in Baseball Cities

  I knew it! Baseball is a healthy, positive outlet that is good for people -- and their marriages. Business Week reports that a recent study sponsored by the University of Denver Center for Marital and…

• Ex-Husband Can't Have Kidney or Money for It

  Last month, I posted about a man trying to draw attention to his contested custody case by demanding either money or return of the kidney he donated to his ex-wife years before. Not surprisingly, the New…

• Divorce and the Economy, Part 3: Modifying Child Support

  Along with the other woes of the current economy, many people's employment has been affected by layoffs or hour and pay reductions. If you're one of those people and you're responsible for paying child or…

• Kidneys and Custody: A Tale of the Low Road

  Obviously, this story is already all over the blogosphere. It's too good to resist -- a man gave a kidney to his wife, and now that they're divorcing, he says he wants it back. This…

• Divorce and the Economy, Part 2: The Housing Market, Again

  A year after this post on the housing market and divorce, the situation is even more grim for divorcing couples trying to sell a house or complete an inter-spousal buyout. A New York Times article…

• Go to Jail, Lose Your Alimony? A New Definition of Cohabitation

  In one of the more bizarre decisions in recent history, an appeals court in Florida has determined that a woman convicted of a crime and imprisoned in a cell with another inmate should have her…

• Military Divorce Rate Up

  I posted about military divorce a couple of months ago, and now a new report is out showing that the rate of divorce among Marines and Army personnel is up this year. AP reports that…