Divorce

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It is night in an upscale Manhattan apartment. A child, tucked safely into bed, drifts toward sleep to the sounds of her parents tearing each other apart in the next room. Her eyes close, the fighting rumbles on, their words wielded with lethal...

Kris Humphries was a no-show at a mandatory divorce settlement hearing Friday, the last stop before trial in his long-playing split from Kim Kardashian. Kardashian and her lawyers were there, and Humphries' lawyers were there, according to E! Online,...

Jason Aldean has filed for divorce, kicking last week's news of separation from his wife up a notch. "This is a really tough time for my entire family," the country singer told Us Weekly in a statement about the divorce, noting that he and Jessica...

TALLAHASSSEE Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a controversial divorce bill Wednesday that would have drastically overhauled alimony law, capping and sometimes eliminating payments that many spouses deemed crucial to rebuilding their lives after divorce. The...

J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public. J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he asked that their names be kept secret to avoid a “media frenzy.” Despite...

KASANA, Uganda — When Joyce Birabwa's husband was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, 1,000 miles away, her whole world fell apart. Left to raise two children alone, Birabwa barely had time to grieve before discovering her in-laws had...

Danica Patrick's divorce from Paul Hospenthal is finally over. After officially filing for divorce in January, Patrick had a consent decree signed by a judge for their official split on April 15. ESPN revealed the divorce after seeing the court...

Last week I wrote that even troubled marriages can be healed. When I got thinking about that, I felt, hey, wouldn't it be far better to not have one's marriage get into trouble in the first place? With the divorce rates throughout the country climbing to...

Regarding the April 18 story "Alimony law in Florida changes drastically under new bill:" Writing as a divorced, alimony-paying, retired university divorce researcher, I urge Gov. Rick Scott to sign the alimony reform legislation currently sitting on his...

Matthew Miles knew getting a divorce would be difficult but not for the reasons he thought. "I came across it from what you see right there in the phone book," says Miles. It's the first listing in the Yellow Pages.  A company promising to help you...

In October 2011, Jamie McCourt agreed to a divorce settlement in which she would get $131 million and give up any claim to the Dodgers. Six months later, the Dodgers sold for $2 billion. "I was surprised I could have made such a huge mistake," she...