‘Divorce in the 50 States’ Archives
MICHIGAN: Senator McManus introduces bill to bring back “fault” divorces
Will Michigan follow New York and start to require parties prove fault in their divorce action? Yes if Senator McManus has her way. She's drafted and introduced and referred the bill to the Committee on Judiciary and she seeks to amend the current divorce bill. She basically wants parties to prove fault if one party does not want the divorce [...]
TEXAS: Attorney general Greg Abbott blocks gay divorce
Texas attorney general Greg Abbott has filed papers in court to block a divorce of a lesbian couple who were married in Massachusetts in 2004. The couple, Sabina Daly of San Antonio and Angelique Naylo obtained a divorce in Austin. The attorney general, however, is trying to see to it that the divorce is not entered into the county clerk's [...]
ARIZONA: divorce bill proposes a longer “cooling off period”
It now takes about two months to complete a divorce in Arizona but that may change if House Bill 2650 is passed. The bill would extend the waiting period to get a divorce from two months to six months. It would also mandate minimum standards for educational classes for people and children affected by divorce. The classes would take the following [...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Man kills wife’s lawyer then commits suicide
It took one gun shot to the head for South Carolina divorce attorney J. Redmond Coyle, 61, to be shot dead in the parking lot outside his office, by his client's husband, a man by the name of Jerry Dean Crenshaw. Says the Associated Press: Crenshaw's wife had hired Coyle after the pair filed for divorce in 2007, according to court filings. That [...]
OHIO: Lillian and Kwadwo Asante on what happens if you get a sham divorce, marry a U.S. citizen for a greencard and get caught
Greencard/divorce fraud gets Ohio based lawyer and her husband, both from Ghana, booted from the U.S. for 10 years. Read the Associated Press story here. the lesson of the day is don't get a fake divorce just so you can marry an American citizen and get a greencard. That is usually a lose lose proposition.
Divorce in Georgia vs. Divorce in New York
Lately, I've had Georgia on the cerebral cortex. So it inspired me to look into how the divorce laws in Georgia work as compared to New York. What I've discovered is that in the state of Georgia, divorce filings are on the rise, as are the rates of foreclosures. This is in direct contradiction to the rest of the country where the rates of divorce [...]
OKLAHOMA: State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, proposes House Bill 2279 which will restrict the “use of incompatibility as a ground for divorce” in Oklahoma
DIVORCE PROHIBITION is going to be bigger than the gay marriage debate in this country. In fact, the two issues are going to be running the same marathon. First it was California, now it is Oklahoma trying to stem the divorce rate by illegalizing divorce in their state. Republican state Rep Sally Kern has now proposed a bill that would make [...]
FLORIDA: ANNA LOEB, another Swedish bombshell in a divorce scandal
Before there was Elin Nordegren Woods and the golf club and Anna Anka and the ice cube, there was Countess Marie Douglas David. And after Countess Marie Douglas David, there was Anna Loeb, wife of fallen senatorial candidate Nick Loeb. Last summer, Ms. Loeb and her husband Nick were campaigning for senate races in Florida when Nick was a [...]
NEW YORK: State lawmakers vote against gay marriage; does that mean no gay divorce in NY State as well?
Today was to be a milestone for gay New Yorkers. They hoped that state lawmakers would have finally legalized marriage for same sex couples in the state of New York, making it the sixth "liberal" state in the Union allowing such marriages. (Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and a couple of others have already paved the way for marriages between [...]
VEGAS: Elaine Wynn will stay on as director of Wynn Resorts
It seems the Wynns pulled off a confidential and amicable divorce. That's amazing when you consider how much was at stake! They must really love each other because not even the most congenial lawyers can pull off something like this unless the couple themselves want it, strive for it and insist on it. It seems that the settlement agreement is [...]
TEXAS: Want to know how a divorce works in Texas? Check this link
DIVORCE INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE IN TEXAS Check out this link for comprehensive divorce information. I found the article and thought it was dynamite: http://www.raggiolaw.com/txart06.html It will give you all the information you need about everything about getting a divorce in Texas, including: ORIGINAL PETITION TEMPORARY ORDERS CHILD [...]
SANTA FE: Film Festival of Santa Fe accepts deceased author’s children’s book on subject of divorce
Divorce is tough on kids. That is pretty much universally accepted. Over in Santa Fe New Mexico, one can catch the animated story by late author Bette S. Margolis. She tells the story of the impact of divorce on children by using puppies. Her book is called A Heart Full of Love. "A Heart Full Of Love," an animated story for children of divorce [...]
ARIZONA: 8 things to know if you are getting divorced in Arizona
8 things to know about divorce in Arizona 1. Arizona has this thing called the Arizona Uniform Premarital Agreement Act and it basically outlines the rights of married people who sign a prenup. It is pretty much the same as other states that subscribe to the act. For one thing, if the agreement is "unconscionable" it will not be enforced. For [...]
ALASKA: Going Rogue Sarah Palin puts divorce rumors to rest
Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life has pretty much exceeded expectations and has been flying off the shelves faster than Harper Collins can print them. While the focus has been on such things as her almost son in law Levi Johnston; her glasses and a possible 2012 run; and of course her much anticipated stop on the Oprah Winfrey Show [...]
PHILADELPHIA: Edra Blixseth on how to throw the mother of all divorce yard sales
She is a former billionaire, as is her ex husband, but now Edra Blixeth is just bankrupt and she is auctioning off a blizzard of stuff this weekend. Says Reuters: PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR Carved doors from an Italian consulate, 15-foot (4.5-meter) rosewood sideboards and 10-foot (3-meter) elk statues, much of it sized perfectly for a Hollywood [...]
MINNESOTA: Is Tamitha Hecker gloating now that hubby Denny Hecker has been held in contempt?
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL is reporting that former car salesman extraordinaire and multi-millionaire Denny Hecker has been held in contempt by the Bankruptcy trustees hearing his case in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis. His wife Tamitha must feel slightly schadenfreude because they are going through a divorce as we reported a few months [...]
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