‘DIVORCE NEWS – INTERNATIONAL’ Archives
IRAN: Carla Bruni Sarkozy accused of causing French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2nd divorce, and of being a “prostitute”
IRAN: If it's one thing that French President Nicolas Sarkozy hates, it's prostitutes. He is strongly against the practice and a few years ago came down hard on women in the profession for "soliciting" or even having the appearance of soliciting. He also was against legalizing brothels in France even though the French people were in favor. So [...]
CANADA: Are Canadian family courts divesting father’s of their rights to see their children in divorce cases?
CANADA: I was looking at this video on YOUTUBe and it just made me wonder. Is this what is going on in Canada? Pretty sad. Father\'s Rights in Canadian Family Courts
SWEDEN: Divorce Julian Assange, WikiLeaks hacker, is wanted for sex crimes
STOCKHOLM: Is WikiLeaks hacker and divorcé Julian Assange getting hounded and witch-hunted by the CIA in retaliation for leaking all those classified documents about the war in Afghanistan in his "Afghan War Diary" post on his website? That is what some folks are saying. Others demur that he's just a divorcé sex offender who's going to get [...]
NIGERIA: Divorce after another drunkard husband attacks his wife…at least he didn’t poop in the cooking pots
LAGOS: Last year I heard about this story in Nigeria where a wife went to the courts seeking a divorce because her husband was a habitual drunkard and when he got drunk he beat her and defecated in the pots she used for cooking the family meals. I kid you not. Check out this blog for the low down. Nasty. But now, I get wind of another [...]
PHILIPPINES: Divorce bill to be revived? Right now no divorce allowed only annulment
PHILIPPINES: Is divorce to once again be part of the Manila's civil code? Right now, only Muslim Filipinos can get a divorce in the Philippines. The only way for non-Muslims to currently end a failed marriage in the Philippines is through annulment and that is very tough to do because parties must prove grounds and the only grounds is [...]
RUSSIA: Billionaire Roustam Tariko gets alimony from his “poor” wife
RUSSIA: Billionaire Roustam Tariko, founder of Russian Standard Vodka and Russian Standard Bank and owner of the Miss Russia beauty pageant (you can pretty much call him the Donald Trump of Russia), has been adjudicated divorced by the Russian Courts, from his lovely wife Tatiana Osipova. The couple have been battling for a few years now after [...]
ST. PETERSBURG: Vladimir Putin is the hottest, manliest husband in Russia; no wonder Lyudmila won’t divorce him
ST. PETERSBURG: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is such a man; the traditional kind that is strong, virile, brave and fearless. Now his latest stunt is to personally take to the skies in a Be-200 aircraft to personally dump 24 tons of water on his fire-engulfed country. Gotta luv him! His wife must be so proud of her macho, [...]
CYPRUS: Should Cyprus join other EU countries in making international divorce rules easier for couples?
CYPRUS: Apparently, Cyprus hasn't joined the other EU countries in making international divorces easier by allowing spouses to know or to choose which country's laws will apply to their divorce. The EU's council secretariat factsheet dated June 4, 2010: The spouses may agree to designate the law applicable to divorce and legal separation [...]
INDIA: No fault divorce to become new law of the land?
INDIA Times of India No, it was Reuters that ran a story this morning about the fact that India's cabinet has cleared a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act which governs marriage in India. The proposed amendment would add "irreconcilable differences" as on of the grounds for divorce in India, effectively turning India into a no fault [...]
SINGAPORE: Text message divorces banned
SINGAPORE: In some Muslim countries, such as Saudia Arabia, it is quite alright for a man to divorce his wife by text message or SMS. All he has to do is type in the words "I divorce you" three times and it's a done deal. Courts have recognized such divorces in countries such as Saudi Arabia. But in Singapore, the courts have indicated that [...]
EDINBURGH: 3 children blown up in gaseous explosion were at centre of a protracted divorce
EDINBURGH: American couple Theresa and Pasquale Riggi were in the middle of a bitter divorce when their three lovely children were blown up in a gaseous explosion in Edinburgh. The sole survivor, mom Theresa is too sedated to be much aide to the police. Her estranged husband who is the plaintiff, is quoted as being "traumatized" but "helpful" [...]
CANADA: Billionaire Robert Miller and ex wife Margaret Antonier go for a post-divorce slug fest
MONTREAL: How long does it take billionaires to divorce? If you are Robert Miller and Margaret Antonier, YEARS! Canadian billionaire Robert Miller, the elusive owner of the global Future Electronics empire, is trading sizzling cross-border allegations of misconduct and financial wrongdoing with his former long-time wife. Miller, 63, is [...]
LONDON: Court of Appeals re-thinks Hildebrand rule and bans divorce espionage in “big money” cases
LONDON: Oh, those Brits! If you practice divorce law, it seems that London is the place to be. Always drama. Always theatrics. They don't call London the "Divorce Capital of the World" for nothing. Today's news coming from the Financial Times, involves a case we've blogged about on Divorce Saloon - The Tchenguiz Imerman divorce. In Tchenguiz, [...]
GREECE: Ikos couple’s divorce (Coward & Ambrosiadou) could mean a nightmare for investors
GREECE: More on the hedge fund divorce of Coward and Ambrosiadou Who they are: Martin Coward and Elena Ambrosiadou are a married couple who run a European Hedge Fund called Ikos, which they founded as a couple approximately 17 years ago in London. Ms. Ambrosiadou is a former BP executive and has a background in engineering. Mr. Coward (what a [...]
BUENOS AIRES: Divorce between same-sex couples now a legal possibility in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES Argentina has become the tenth country in the world (following Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Belgium, Canada, Iceland) to allow same sex marriages. That means only one thing: there will be a corresponding increase in gay divorces in Argentina. We all know that the reason for all divorces in the world [...]
JAPAN: First lady Nobuko Kan releases disparaging book about her prime minister hubby…um, is their marriage is trouble?
TOKYO Nobuko Kan, first lady of Japan, today released a book about her husband Naoto Kan, who happens to be the Prime Minister of Japan, entitled: "You are Prime Minister, So What Will Change in Japan?" According to Yahoo News, she questions her husband's ability to rule Japan effectively and she pretty much seems to disdain his governing [...]
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