Posts Tagged ‘International divorce’
CANADA: Divorce Tips for Canadians, and American expats living in Canada
DIVORCE LAWS IN CANADA Unlike the US where divorce laws change by state, in Canada the law is uniform throughout the country, in every province, except perhaps for Quebec. So provinces such as Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador have the [...]
DOHA: Institute on Family Studies and development to have conference on Arabs, media, children’s right, domestic violence…divorce?
DOHA: According to Gulf News, The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, an academic institute in Qatar that "conducts research on the legal, sociological, and scientific bases of the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society," will be having a series of conferences in May that will highlight the role of [...]
GREAT BRITAIN: Divorcees rejoice! You can now compete in the Miss Great Britain contest! Hoorah!
GREAT BRITAIN: The always informative Divorce Online blog (blog.divorce-online.co.uk) announced today that divorcées can now compete in the Miss Great Britain pageant. Well, hip hip hoorah! This is the first time in its 65 year history that women who are divorced and single moms can compete in this virtuous event and already, a divorcee is the [...]
PARIS: French president Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni angered by adultery and divorce rumours; is Rachida Dati to blame?
PARIS: IS MARITAL DISCORD BREWING AT THE ÉLYSÉE PALACE IN PARIS? IS A DIVORCE IMMINENT? Is former Sarkozy protegée Rachida Dati behind the vicious and persistent rumors about the state of his marriage to former model (sometimes nude)and current pop star Carla Bruni? The rumor mill has been whirling for some time that both the President and [...]
JAPAN: Proposed bill will give divorced women and out-of-wedlock kids more equality
JAPAN: According to the Japan Times, a bill was proposed back in February that should revise the current civil code, changing current family law and throwing convention on its face. This should make Japanese divorcées very happy if the bill passes muster. The bill purports to allow Japanese divorcées the right to remarry within 100 days of [...]
LAHORE: Can a Hindu Indian like Sania Mirza and and a Pakistani Muslim like Shoaib Malik beat the divorce odds?
Our hearts go out to love birds Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza. It seems their marriage, according to most media outlets, has not been all that well received in their respective countries. Indians are probably taking it a bit harder than Pakistanis. As one source declared, "India and Pakistan have been at odds since time immemorial" and from the [...]
PAKISTAN: Cricketer Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Siddiqui’s divorce updates, 4/10/10
The Times of India is reporting that cricketer Shoaib Malik is set to marry girlfriend and tennis ace tennis ace Sania Mirza on April 15, just as soon as his messy divorce from wife Ayesha Siddiqui is finalized. But when will that be? It seems there is some allegations of fraud on the part of Mr. Malik and it involves his father's real name and [...]
SOUTH AFRICA: Convicted child murderer Van der Westhuizen’s wife wants a divorce
WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT He shot his three children to death, and now, former Cape Town Policeman, Marius Van der Westhuizen, who has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and his wife Charlotte Van der Westhuizen wants a divorce. The case against Mr. Van der Westhuizen has been going on since 2006 with Mr. Van der Westhuizen finally [...]
PARIS: Actress Michèle Laroque does one-woman comedy show called, Mon Brillantissime Divorce – to rave reviews
Dear Divorce Saloon: Are any of your readers visiting Paris in the next few months? If so, they may want to catch Michèle Laroque in her one-woman comedy show about divorce, Mon brillantissime Divorce. It runs from September 22, 2009 to January 2, 2010 and is playing at the Palais Royal Theatre in Paris THEATRE DU PALAIS [...]
MUMBAI:Where’s the beef? Indian bride sues for divorce from American hubby who forces her to eat….beef
BOMBAY HIGH COURT Where IS the beef? A few days back, that was exactly the question as, according to a Times of India report, an Indian woman fled back to India from California, complaining to the Bombay High Court that her U.S. based hubby was forcing her to eat it. Beef that is. He was forcing her to cook it AND to eat it. , Naina, 32, [...]
ROME: Pretty girls wrecked billionaire Silvio Berlusconi’s marriage; will 100,000 Italian housewives destroy his career?
The Guardian.co.uk has an interesting article about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi today. The Italian minister, as everyone knows by now, has been in the dog house with his wife since last Spring on account of an alleged inappropriate relationship with that woman, Noemi Letizia. He claims he did not lie and he did not have sex [...]
The 10 Weirdest divorce stories on Divorce Saloon to date
Ten weird divorce cases 10. An Australian story that unfolded October, 2009. Husband receives pet goat as part of divorce settlement. And he lives in urban Sydney Australia! You can find it here: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/australia-man-gets-wifes-pet-goat-as-part-of-divorce-settlement 9. Saudi wife divorces husband for nicknaming her [...]
LONDON/NEW YORK: Are hedge funds the new way to finance your divorce? by New York Divorce Attorney
How to finance your divorce Riveting article in today's Guardian.co.uk. that leaves me wondering whether American couples going through divorce may soon fund their divorce expenses through hedge funds. You can find the article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/16/hedge-funds-divorce-litigation-funding It is slightly dense [...]
SYDNEY, AU: Man gets wife’s pet goats as part of divorce settlement?
"Huh?" you say? That is exactly what I said too. I can't confirm the veracity of this pronouncement but I can tell you that it has been reported that an Australian man got his wife's pet goat as part of the divorce settlement and the Associated Press? allegedly reports that the man can be seen walking the billy goats in downtown Sydney on a fairly [...]
SINGAPORE: Why smart couples in Asia are signing prenups these days, by New York Divorce Attorney
Whether or not South Korea is the "divorce capital of Asia" is open to debate. But what seems pretty incontrovertible is that more and more Asian marriages are ending in divorce (like everywhere else in the world supposedly) and more and more Asian couples are entering into prenuptial agreements to protect themselves for this inevitable fall [...]
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Wife divorces husband for giving her the nickname “Guantanamo”
This one made me chuckle. Can you imagine this story? Wife finds out husband has nicknamed her "Guantanamo" after he accidentally leaves his cell phone at home - and she calls him for some reason and sees that her name shows up as "Guantanamo." So she moves for divorce. But then again, this is Saudi Arabia. Assuming this is a Sharia divorce, [...]
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