Weird Divorce News
Cant Marry Your Partner? Adopt Them Instead.
Photo courtesy of Jazz Not Jazz
From courts grappling with the issues of gay civil unions and marriage, and rights of gay couples to adopt children, comes a different type of case out of Maine.
A gay woman formally adopted her partner in a lesbian partnership, with the intention of securing her dependent partner’s rights to inherit […]
Couple Cant Decide Who Gets the House, Judge: Put Up a Wall
Like two Cold War adversaries, Chana and Simon Taub are separated by a wall built down the middle of their home to keep the bickering spouses apart.
Neither one wanted to move out of their beloved Brooklyn house, and so - in one of the strangest divorce battles the city has ever seen - a white […]
Hezbollah Causes Harmony in the Israeli Home?
Divorce rates are down in northern Israel, apparently as a result of the Lebanon war. According to data issued by Israel’s rabbinical courts, there were 18 percent fewer divorces during 2006 in communities shelled by Hezbollah during last summer’s 34-day conflict compared to the previous year, despite an overall increase of 3.8 percent in the […]
Supernanny Saves Couple from Divorce
Courtesy of Daily Record
When Ellensburg residents Vania and Ken Swanson were having difficulty with their marriage and were on the brink of divorce, help came from an unlikely source - a television program.
Vania filed divorce papers in March 2006 and six months later the couple were being filmed for the reality-TV show “Supernanny.” She credits […]
A Billionaire Divorce - And Not a Lawyer in Sight
Photo courtesy of The Yellowstone Club
Tim and Edra Blixseth spent 25 years building a $2 billion life together.
When they decided to divorce, they spent a single afternoon in the Beverly Hills Hotel, dividing it all up. With just two notebooks and a bottle of wine, the Blixseths - California real-estate tycoons and founders of the […]
Man Forced to Divorce for Shouting “Divorce”
This is absolutely ridiculous. I cannot believe people actually live like this: Take a look at this story I just read on the net:
In a fit of alcohol-fuelled anger, Bihar-resident Akhtar shouted “talaq” (divorce) three times at his wife during an argument, which was overheard by neighbours.
The result? He was forcibly separated from his wife […]
What Happens When You Put Divorce and Poetry Together
This touching fun-for-the-whole family piece is taken from Ojar’s Divorce Poems section. But the real credit goes to the author ‘mariher’ for his creative approach to a rather ‘crappy’ situation. Just in time for the holiday season.
Shit
by mariher
You’re a piece of shit
And I always knew it
You always smelled like shit
Your mouth needed a diaper on […]
How to Throw a Divorce Party
Photo courtesy of Bricks and Stones
What was once considered a time of sadness or even embarrassment, some celebrities are choosing a more upbeat approach, rejoicing with friends and even holding “divorce parties” to celebrate new beginnings. A guide to divorce in 2006:
Learn from the Best
Shanna Moakler, Former Meet the Barkers star and Dancing With the […]
The Divorce of my Dreams
If only all our divorces could have ended like this:
According to China Daily, a couple in their 40’s from Nanjing of Jiangsu Province came to a marriage registration office last week asking for a divorce.
In about five minutes the two completed all of the necessary procedures and obtained their divorce certificates.
Suddenly, with all of the […]
Nosy Husband’s Tracking Device leads to Bomb Scare
Photo courtesy of Reform
Gainesville, Florida - A suspicious-looking small black object was found attached to the bottom of a woman’s Jeep and prompted an evacuation of a three-square block area last Friday. A temporary shelter was set up at the Queen of Peace Church to house the 45 frightened people who had been evacuated, […]
