Weird Divorce News
Man Wins Divorce from Wife ‘Too Shy’ to Sleep with Him
A Tainan court has granted a man’s request for divorce because his wife was “too shy” to consummate their marriage, a newspaper said yesterday.The man surnamed Chen, a 38-year-old teacher from Tainan County was introduced to a woman surnamed Lin, 29, also a teacher, by a matchmaker.
After the couple dated for three months, they married […]
Divorce Over Pumpkin Pie
A Russian man divorced his wife of 18 years after finding she had been feeding him cheap pumpkins instead of courgettes.
Ivan Dimitrov, 47, was devastated to find the pies he had been eating for six months were made of pumpkins and not courgettes.
Mr Dimitrov, from Voronezh, said when he realised the truth, after finding pumpkin […]
Mothers-in-Law Cause of Italy’s Soaring Divorce Rate
Italy has been experiencing an unprecedented rise in marriage break-ups. The main cause bearing a high proportion of the blame? Mamma’s boys and interfering mothers-in-law.
A new poll by research institute Eures reveals that divorce happens every four minutes(!) in the country once regarded as a bastion of marriage. In 2002, Italy recorded 50,828 divorces - […]
Couple Fights for Frozen Embryos in Custody Battle
(When those poor things thaw, they are gonna need some serious therapy…)
Augusta and Randy Roman were once a happy couple, but like so many marriages, theirs ended in divorce. In the middle of the battle wasn’t three children, but three embryos they created together. Right now, the embroyos remain on ice while Augusta and Randy […]
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 […]
