Archive for divorce
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Almost a year and half and Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher split, Moore has finally filed agreed to end their six year marriage on Thursday, March 7. The timing comes shortly after celebrity gossip sites said that Mila Kunis, 29, Ashton’s current main squeeze, was starting to complain to Kutcher about him being still legally ... read more »
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Sarah Palin’s son, Track Palin, has reportedly filed for divorce from wife Britta Hanson on Dec. 1 after less than two years of marriage. Track, 23, married Hanson in May 2011 while Hanson was 7-months pregnant. Hanson gave birth to a daughter, Kyla Grace Palin in July 2011. In an exclusive interview with Radar Online, ... read more »
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Saturday, June 30th, 2012
It was an iconic moment in pop culture history: In 2005 Tom Cruise appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show and loudly proclaimed his affection for rumored love Katie Holmes by jumping on the talk show queen’s couch. Tom wasn’t the only one declaring his undying love. Katie got in on the shenanigans herself. “I’ve always ... read more »
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
After five years of marriage, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits. People magazine reports Holmes has filed for divorce from Cruise citing irreconcilable differences. “This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” Jonathan Wolfe, Holmes’s attorney, said in a statement. “Katie’s primary concern remains, as it has always ... read more »
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Indian woman Laxmi Sargara was just one year old when her family had her married to a 3-year-old boy named Rakesh. The woman, now 18-years-old, had her marriage legally annulled in what has been considered a ground-breaking case challenging the culture of child weddings, Agence France Presse reported Wednesday. According to AFP, the families of ... read more »
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Connecticut’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow grandparents to petition the court for scheduled visitation of their grandchildren in the event that the parents of their grandchildren divorced. Under the proposed bill, the grandparents would be required to show that they had a close relationship with their minor grandchildren ... read more »
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Sorry to break it to all you newlyweds out there, but your marriage only has an even chance of making it to your twentieth anniversary. New statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that women only have a 52 percent chance of remaining in a first marriage for at least 20 years, ... read more »
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
It appears that the viral videos of singer Katy Perry sunbathing without her wedding rings really did signify impending doom for her marriage to actor Russell Brand. The British comic actor has filed for divorce, citing the usual reason of irreconcilable differences. Brand said in a statement (via the AP), “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage…I’ll always adore ... read more »
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
On Tuesday, Pilar Biggers-Sanders, the wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, said she found out about his decision to end their marriage when she read it on the internet. This Sanders’ second marriage, having previously married to Carolyn Chambers, with whom he fathered two children. Larry Friedman, the lawyer for Pilar Biggers-Sanders, ... read more »
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Kim Kardashian filed for divorce on Monday from her husband, Kris Humphries,marking the beginning of the end of a marriage that was short even by celebrity standards–a mere 72 days. Kardashian cites ”irreconcilable differences” as the cause and lists October 31,2011 as the day of separation. She released a statement saying, “After careful consideration, I have decided to ... read more »
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
A man who had recently moved from Chicago to Virginia to be with his two children set his belongings on fire then decapitated himself. Authorities are unsure why the man took such drastic actions, but believe it may have been because he had separated from his wife, and the woman would not let him stay ... read more »
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger after 25 years of marriage and a number of unsettling revelations. The estranged couple have four children together, with ages from 13 to 21. Shriver cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. According to the petition filed today ... read more »
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
A Swedish study has found that a 45 minute or longer commute to work also creates a 40 percent greater risk of divorce. The researchers combed through data from more than 2 million Swedes between 1995 and 2005 (a period during which the average trip to the office increased in Sweden by 17 percent from ... read more »
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
No, really? Because we thought all the stress of dealing with a newborn was just the thing to mend a relationship. And nothing says healthy childhood like growing up in a house with parents on the verge of divorce, no? Philip and Carolyn Cowan, who are also fellows with the Council on Contemporary Families, a ... read more »
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