Divorce News for 11-Mar-2007
- 'Germany: 50-50 Divorce Split (New York Times)A 43-year-old man in the eastern town of Sonneberg, a trained mason in the midst of a divorce, measured the family?s single-story summer house, chainsawed through the wooden roof and walls to divide it in half, picked up his half with a forklift truck and drove off. ?The man said he was just taking his due,? said a police spokesman. ?But I don?t think his wife was too pleased.?.
'Bill would force couples with kids to wait up to year for a divorce (Tennessean)After 18 years together, two children and unsuccessful attempts at marriage counseling, Allison Cavopol decided to file for divorce from her husband. They tried six more months of last-ditch marriage counseling, and ultimately it took a year before the Nashville couple's divorce was final.
'Soap Star Defies Hawaii Divorce Court (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) A Hawaii judge on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former soap opera star Brenda Dickson who defied the divorce court's order that she move out of her luxury condo.
'Divorce Man Chops Home In Half (FOX 35 Orlando)The husband of a woman who couldn't agree on who got what after their divorce has taken drastic action to settle the row - by chopping their home in half using a chainsaw.
'German man chainsaws house in two in divorce split (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.
'Personal Finance by Kathy Kristof: Ex-judge: You can't win in divorce court (Arizona Daily Star)Want a divorce? Fine, but stay out of court. That's the message from former Judge Roderic Duncan, who spent a decade deciding which spouse would receive custody, support and assets in the crowded family law courts of Oakland, Calif.
'DIVORCE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT (New York Post)IF you loved "War of the Roses" as a book - and the 1989 movie star ring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner - you'll probably love the "War of the Roses" musical coming to Broadway. "There's just something about divorce. People love to watch a...
'Divorce savages savings (The Salinas Californian)QUESTION: I am 46 years old and a successful high school teacher. My wife makes more money at her job as an executive. After about nine months of battling, my wife and I have chosen to divorce after 14 years of marriage. We haven?t actually filed the paperwork, but we are in the process of doing it.
'Heather Mills dominating in divorce court (UPI)The legal battle between Paul McCartney and his estranged wife, Heather Mills, in London, is reportedly going in favor of Mills so far. Though the former ...
'$92M divorce woman robbed at gunpoint (CNN.com)LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A British woman awarded £48 million ($92.7 million) in a landmark divorce settlement last year was tied up and robbed of jewelry at her home in Kent, southeast England, according to police and media reports on Sunday.
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