There is no right to taxpayer-funded counsel in a divorce case under the Washington state constitution, the state’s supreme court has ruled in a closely watched case.
In an unusual family law enforcement action in Illinois, the state supreme court has awarded a whopping $1.17 million to a mother who has fought for years to collect $12,000…
In a case that could signal the start of a potential new trend in New York state, the soon-to-be-divorced wife of a pastor is contending that his church should be…
Everyone agrees that Anthony “Corky” Sliwkowski loved his daughters. Yet when the Rhode Island dentist died in 2004, it turned out that he had disinherited the girls, then aged 11…
Those who need details about a little-known death long ago in or around Miami, Florida, may be some of the luckiest information-seekers in the country.
Only a few weeks ago, it looked like Paul McCartney’s divorce was going to end with an eye-popping agreed $102 million settlement with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Heather Mills.
In a case that has attracted national interest, an Ohio woman is appealing a court ruling that her ex-husband doesn’t have to pay the dowry she is guaranteed in her…
Florida plaintiffs attorney Willie Gary has lost an appeal that sought to cut the $28,000 in monthly child support payments he must make to support his twins.
Camera-shy individuals apparently were daunted by a swarm of journalists on day one of what was billed as the world’s first-ever divorce fair on Saturday.
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