When divorce attorney Martha-Irene Weed settled a matrimonial case for George Dumstorf Jr.in 2000, she had to contend with seemingly bizarre allegations of bigamy on the part of his soon-to-be…
Upcoming summits to fight violence and promote marriage are being sponsored, respectively, by a New York-based law school and a commission of the Georgia Supreme Court.
Although Claude Thomas and Susana Martinez Ramirez married in 2001, it wasn’t until several years afterward that his children realized their father had a wife.
A partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has published a gay romance novel under a pen name, but he’s not shy about how Proposition 8 has affected him.
An apparently bogus blueblood who made international headlines this summer after he allegedly kidnapped his 7-year-old daughter is putting a high-profile criminal defense attorney in charge of a variety of…
Citing the health risks posed by secondhand smoke, a community council in London has banned the placement of foster children with foster parents who smoke, unless exceptional circumstances apply.
With the economy on the rocks, it’s probably no surprise that many marriages are suffering, especially those that have been teetering on the edge for some time now.
Your September cover story, “Midcareer Malaise,” hit me right between the eyes. I have been an attorney for almost 20 years and have found myself struggling to…
A 10-year-old Yemeni girl, Nujood Ali, made international headlines earlier this year when she went to court on her own in a successful effort to seek…
A New York judge has ruled a Long Island divorce lawyer does not have to pay $52,000 a year in maintenance because his estranged wife is living with another man,…
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