Same sex divorce can proceed, US court rules
A same sex couple can divorce in Pennsylvania, the State Superior Court has ruled after a lower court said it lacked the authority to end their union. Freyda Neyman and Florence Buckley entered a...
View ArticleBusinessman will not serve sentence for son’s divorce refusal
A Jewish businessman has escaped a prison sentence in Israel after allegedly encouraging his son to refuse a divorce. The man, in his 60s, lives in New York and is a member of the Orthodox Haredi...
View ArticleA litany of procedural defects
Sometimes it can be surprising just how far a case can stray from the procedural requirements designed to ensure fairness to the parties. I briefly mentioned the case Iqbal v Iqbal in my weekly review...
View ArticleInfidelity more likely during travel abroad
People who visit other countries are more likely to be unfaithful to their partners, a new study suggests. Researchers from Columbia University in New York surveyed 215 students in relationships before...
View ArticleNY wife refuses $1 billion divorce settlement
The wife of an extremely wealthy property developer in New York City has reportedly turned down a divorce settlement worth $1 billion. The 79 year-old real estate mogul was apparently willing to give...
View ArticleNew York likely to raise minimum age for marriage
Senators in New York state have unanimously approved a revised bill which would outlaw underage marriage. Currently children as young as 14 can marry with the permission of their parents and the local...
View ArticleCalifornian couple celebrate 75th wedding anniversary
An elderly couple in California celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary this week. Anne and John Whitman married on June 13 1942 at the height of World War Two. They are now 95 and 102 years old...
View ArticleKenyan court ends photographers’ marriage after 3 years
Courts in Kenya can only end marriages formed abroad if the law of the country in which they were married is in accordance with local law. A judge in the East African nation made this declaration in...
View ArticleHigh Court unable to rule on parentage of surrogate baby
A man living in London cannot be declared the legal parent of a toddler born to surrogacy, the High Court has ruled. The case concerned a former same sex couple whose marriage had broken down. While...
View ArticleHigh Court considers costs in surrogacy dispute
The circumstances surrounding an application for costs in a surrogacy dispute must be considered, a Family Court Judge has ruled. The surrogacy arrangement had been made by a former same sex couple....
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