Divorce Archive - 2017 - Page 8

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How to raise a family in a “three-lationship”

26th April 2017

A polyamorous couple from Austin, Texas are divorcing after a 12-year marriage in order not to make their girlfriend jealous. Once divorced, Cristina and Benno Kaiser will decide which one of them will marry their lover, Sierra Kuntz, so that she can obtain legal rights to their three children. Benno, 37, and Cristina, 31 met when they were... Read More

Wife refused divorce takes case to Supreme Court

24th April 2017

A woman who was refused a decree nisi by the Court of Appeal is attempting to take her battle for a divorce to the Supreme Court. Tini Owens, who has been married to multimillionaire mushroom farmer, Hugh Owens, for 39 years, filed for divorce in May 2015. Her husband has defended the petition ever since, attesting that their marriage has not... Read More

King of Swaziland announces plans to ban divorce

21st April 2017

The Swazi king Mswati III, leader of one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies,told religious leaders last weekthat divorce should be banned. The king of Swaziland, popularly known asNgweyama or “the lion”, said that once entered marriages should not be ended as it was “against” Swazi culture. If... Read More

Heartbreak Hotel: Britain’s first divorce hotel opens its doors in York

21st April 2017

A new hotel in York offers couples the chance to relax, wine and dine…and divorce. Britain’s first divorce hotel, with the tagline ‘A Positive New Start’, aims to put an end to the mud-slinging encouraged by the English courts and help couples to part ways as amicably as possible. The idea may seem bizarre but, for... Read More

Geniuses in the family courts: how 'special' was Ryan Giggs' contribution?

19th April 2017

Former Manchester United hero, Ryan Giggs, is attempting to avoid paying his estranged wife half of his fortune on the grounds of his ‘genius’. He holds that his ‘special contribution’ to the matrimonial funds was such that it merits a departure from the normal starting point of equality between breadwinner and homemaker.... Read More

Does marriage demand fidelity? Italians lawmakers think not

13th April 2017

Italian marriage contracts may be amended to no longer include the word ‘fidelity’. The proposal was made in as part of a bill to amend the Italian Civil Code, presented to the Italian senate late last year. Whether these proposed changes will become law is now down to the Judiciary Committee. Whilst we await the potentially... Read More

Indian man divorces wife via postcard amidst calls to ban triple talaq

6th April 2017

In the south Indian city of Hyderabad, a man who allegedly divorced his wife via postcard was arrested for "harassment and cheating", according to BBC News. Mohammed Haneef severed the marital bond just one week after his wedding by way of triple talaq, an Islamic practice which allows men to instantaneously divorce their wives by... Read More

Phil Collins v Lord Wilson: are prenups “unethical”?

30th March 2017

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Australia, the master of drum rolls, Phil Collins, dismissed prenups as “unethical”. In contrast, Lord Wilson’s conjuring of Vardags’ cause célèbre, Radmacher v Granatino, at Bristol University earlier this month suggests instead that it may be unethical to disregard... Read More

University of Exeter publishes interim findings from fault-based divorce research

28th March 2017

In the wake of the Court of Appeal's judgment in the much-discussed case of Owens v Owens, which saw a Court of Appeal led by Sir James Munby uphold Tolson J's decision to refuse a wife's divorce petition, Professor Liz Trinder from the University of Exeter has published interim findings from a major research study examining the need... Read More

24th March 2017

Update: on 8 August 2017, Mrs Owens was granted permission to bring an appeal to the Supreme Court. A wife who took her battle to divorce her husband to the court of Appeal has lost her bid to end her "intensely unhappy" marriage. Tini Owens appealed the refusal of His Honour Judge Tolson, sitting in the Central Family Court,... Read More

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