In a first for the state of Maryland – but what may be an indication of things to come in family court – a judge has awarded joint custody of a dog to its owners in a divorce case. Craig and Gayle Myers will now spend six months each with…
A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center has found that parents of grown children with autism have a higher rate of divorce. Published in the August issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, the study is the first of its kind to track the marital…
Journalist and author Anneli Rufus recently blogged about 15 Ways to Predict Divorce at thedailybeast.com after crunching numbers from a variety of studies on divorce. Here are some of her findings: Just by being an American, you have a 40-50 percent chance of divorcing. If you live in a “red…
If you and your spouse are contemplating a Florida divorce, there are some basic rules you need to know before you proceed: Residency requirement. At least one of you must be a Florida resident for at least six months prior to filing for divorce. Grounds. Florida is a “no fault”…
A recent feature story at CNN.com chronicled the growing trend among engaged couples in their 20s and 30s to participate in premarital counseling that they hope will make it less likely that they are victims of divorce like their parents. States have gotten into the act, too. Six states –…
A new North Carolina insurance company – SafeGuard Guaranty Corp. — has introduced what it is calling the world’s first divorce insurance product at wedlockdivorceinsurance.com. Profiled in a recent New York Times blog, Safeguard says its divorce insurance is a form of casualty insurance that will cover the costs of…
A recent article in the Washington Post on interfaith marriages said that the rate of interfaith marriages is climbing, but so too is the divorce rate for those marriages. In 2006, 25 percent of U.S. households were mixed faith, according to the General Social Survey. But calculations based on another…
The Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families, a city-run program that offered classes to families on preventing violence, marriage preparation and divorce prevention and that was eliminated last year when its federal grant money ran out, has been resurrected by FreshMinistries, a Jacksonville interfaith nonprofit group. According to a story in…
Ikos, one of Europe’s oldest hedge funds, is at the center of a nasty divorce battle between its husband-and-wife founders, who started the company with $10,000 in 1992 and built it into a $3.4 billion financial powerhouse. Martin Coward and Elena Ambrosiadou recently split over his affair with a 23-year-old…
With one of the highest foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rates in the nation, Florida homes have suffered devastating losses in equity over the past three years. So it’s no surprise that many Florida couples in the midst of a divorce no longer argue about who gets to keep the house…