Posts belonging to Category Divorce Statistics
Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 14, 2011
Lawyers are taught that they are to rely upon “precedent” in advising their clients and presenting their cases. “Precedent” means that the matter has been decided a certain way before by a court of authority and it should be decided that way again. But the truth of the matter is that precedent seems to do [...]
Categories: Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Statistics, Emotions, Financial, How to Divorce, Legal, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on October 24, 2011
Mississippi Code Section 93-5-1 (Rev. 2004) lists “habitual and excessive use of opium, morphine, or other like drug” as a ground for divorce. A grant of divorce on this ground requires the plaintiff to establish that the spouse’s drug use was (1) habitual and frequent, (2) excessive and uncontrollable, and (3) that involved opium, morphine, [...]
Categories: Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Records, Divorce Statistics, Uncategorized
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Posted by Financial Advisor - Sharon Numerow on October 12, 2011
A recent Washington Times article quotes divorce-reform advocates as making the argument that they can be part of the solution to helping their government save money in these times of economic belt tightening. The article goes on to say that encouraging troubled couples to work things out could benefit the national bottom line. The author [...]
Categories: Divorce, Divorce Statistics, Financial
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on September 12, 2011
Here is a link to an article describing a successful suit by a French wife against her ex-husband for failure to perform sexually during the marriage. She was awarded the equivalent of $15,000 US. At first blush, this action seems preposterous. However, a look at law in Mississippi provokes some thought as to whether or [...]
Categories: Divorce Laws, Divorce Statistics, Emotions, Financial, Infidelity, Legal, Marriage, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on March 14, 2011
We are all seeing statistics showing social networking leading to 25% of the marriage breakups and up to 1 in 8 of marriages. The evidentiary aspect of social networking is growing exponentially. Here are tips if your marriage is unhappy or in trouble. First, post nothing on the Internet that you don’t want the world [...]
Categories: Divorce, Divorce Laws, Divorce Statistics
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Posted by Manager of this blog - Martha Chan on January 19, 2011
Does Marriage Still Matter? On Thursday January 20 at 9PM in Canada (9:30PM in NFLD), the CBC is airing the documentary Thoroughly Modern Marriage. Through interviews and discussions with couples, neurologists, sociologists and historians from across Canada, the documentary asks the fundamental questions: does marriage still matter? Is it “broken”? And if so, can and [...]
Categories: Divorce Statistics, Love & Relationships, Marriage
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Posted by Lawyer - Michael Craven on June 3, 2010
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper Gore separate after a forty-year marriage.
Categories: Divorce, Divorce Statistics, Love & Relationships, Separation
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