Fighting parents emotionally damage children
Parents who fight in front of their children risk damage to the child’s ability to recognise emotion, a new study suggests. Researchers from New York University (NYU) found that such children would...
View ArticleItalian court overturns recognition of same-sex marriage
The Italian Court of Appeal has overturned legal recognition of a same-sex marriage. Joseph Chigiotti and Stefano Bucci married in New York in 2012. However, the marriage was not recognised by an...
View ArticleNY couple ask judge to void adoption of mentally ill children
A couple in New York State has asked a local judge to void their adoption of two Russian children with mental health problems. The children were adopted in 2008. The couple, from Long Island, said...
View ArticleUncle and niece’s marriage legal, US court rules
The marriage between a man and his teenage niece has been ruled legal by the New York State Court of Appeals. The court, in state capital Albany, ruled that the marriage did not violate the state’s...
View ArticleNY woman shoots husband ‘to avoid contentious divorce’
A woman in New York has been accused of shooting her husband in order to avoid going through “a contentious divorce”. In November 2013, a real estate developer was asleep in his marital home when he...
View ArticleNew York judge allows Facebook divorce filing
A New York judge has allowed a woman to file for divorce using Facebook’s private messaging service. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper ruled that the Ghanaian woman could use the social...
View ArticleNew York woman marries 10 times without divorce
A Manhattan woman faces criminal prosecution after she allegedly married ten men over eleven years. According to a criminal complaint made against her, the 39 year-old married each of these men between...
View ArticleLocation affects marriage chances, study claims
People who live in larger cities in the United States are less likely to marry than those in other areas, a study has claimed. Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren work as economists at Harvard University...
View ArticleCities ranked for marriage longevity
Married couples in Rome stay together for an average of 18 years, longer than any other major city in the world, a new analysis suggests. Online magazine Hopes & Fears analysed demographic data...
View ArticleMen prefer smarter women – in theory
Men may claim that they prefer women who are smarter than them, but a new study suggests this is only true in theory. Researchers from the University at Buffalo in upstate New York surveyed over 650...
View ArticleNew York rabbis jailed for marriage extortion scheme
A group of rabbis from the New York area have been given stiff jail terms for their role in an extortion scheme targeting Jewish husbands. Four rabbis received jail terms of between four years and 14...
View ArticleBusinessman cites shoe collection in divorce claim
A Swiss businessman has argued that his divorce should be heard in Monte Carlo rather than New York because his wife’s shoe collection is located in the wealthy Mediterranean city. Maurice Alain Amon...
View ArticleCourt rejects bid to move to New York with children
The French-born mother of two teenagers should not be given permission to relocate with them to New York, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In the latest round of a lengthy legal dispute, the mother had...
View ArticlePolicewoman wants son returned from NY foster care
A British policewoman is trying to secure the return of her 15 month-old son from foster care in New York State. The 42 year-old was arrested in Manhattan after she reportedly left her son alone in a...
View ArticleUS couple told they cannot undo divorce
A couple from New Hampshire in the far north east of the United States have been told they cannot cancel their divorce. Terrie Harmon and Thomas McCarron officially divorced in July 2014 after no less...
View ArticleNew York woman challenges ‘secret’ divorce
A woman in New York has taken her husband to court for allegedly divorcing her in secret. The couple married in 1994 not long after they first met at a mutual friend’s house. Despite the fact that her...
View ArticleTalking Madonna and Rocco on ITV This Morning
Earlier today, I returned to the ITV This Morning studios, to discuss the latest twist in Madonna’s struggle with ex-husband Guy Ritchie over the future of their now teenage son Rocco. He has...
View ArticleUS businessman told to pay ex $11m after forgetting to sign divorce settlement
A wealthy New York businessman has been ordered to pay his estranged wife £11 million after it emerged that he and his lawyers failed to sign a revised divorce settlement. The man, who made his fortune...
View ArticleBachelor pads to order for divorced men
A newly established firm in New York offers divorced men a made to measure home furnishings and decorating service. The service is aimed principally at well-to- do newly divorced men moving into new...
View ArticleCourt refuses return of three year-old to mother
A three year-old girl should not be sent back to New York to live with her mother, the High Court has ruled. The toddler was born in March 2013, following a brief but “intense” affair when her French...
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