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Ministers to look at changing rules to include 'a presumption of shared parenting', in biggest family law reform in 20 years Fathers will get improved contact with their children following divorce, amid plans to rewrite the law governing custody disputes. A ministerial working group will decide how to amend the Children's Act 1989 and might include in it a "presumption of shared parenting". The ...

2/3/2012 7:45:18 AM

Divorce Tool Box Divorce Coaches Offer 8 Tips During International Child-Centered Divorce Month on How to Effectively ...

Because January has been International Child-Centered Divorce Month, Divorce Tool Box founder and Certified Divorce and Family Mediator Audrey Silcox offers 8 tips good for any month to help parents keep focused on their children before and after a divorce. Her extensive experience in high-conflict cases within the judicial system has shown that parents who do so are much more successful at ...

1/30/2012 4:28:25 PM

New York Divorce Lawyer Marc Rapaport Calls Upon Legislature to Amend NY's No-Fault Divorce Law and Prohibit Judges ...

Although New York enacted no-fault divorce more than 15 months ago, some matrimonial judges continue to require hearings regarding the grounds for divorce. Today, NY divorce attorney Marc A. Rapaport called upon the New York legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit New York divorce judges from requiring testimony regarding grounds in no fault divorce cases.New York, NY (PRWEB ...

1/29/2012 6:51:40 PM

More Women "Like" Online Divorce Forms Website

Stats for Facebook and Website Usage for MyDivorceDocuments.com Reveal Interesting Data (PRWeb January 25, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9139759.htm

1/25/2012 10:09:45 AM

Study: Unilateral divorce laws caused temporary spike in violent crime

( University of Chicago Press Journals ) US states that enacted unilateral divorce laws saw substantial increases in violent crime in the years following the reform, according to research in the Journal of Labor Economics. But the ill-effects of the new laws appear to be largely temporary.

1/23/2012 1:18:16 AM

Gingrich: Celebrating 'God, families and values' while asking for divorce

Gingrich: Celebrating 'God, families and values' while asking for divorce The messy, duplicitous life of Republican presidential candidate New Gingrich demonstrates a new truism in America's public life. The politicians who preach loudest about "family" and "traditional values" do not practice same. Unforgiving, pious advocates later beg for forgiveness.

1/20/2012 3:28:37 PM

Mandy Walker: No Cooling Off For Divorcing Couples In Colorado

I realize that legislation like this is intended to create a speed bump in the divorce process by getting couples to give additional consideration to their decision, but by mandating this training at the attendees' expense, it will be adding a cost to a process that many couples already find prohibitive.

1/19/2012 11:23:59 AM

Times have changed, so should alimony?

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1/12/2012 6:25:31 AM

New Jersey lawmaker looks to update alimony rules after advocacy group claims lifetime punishment

Equality must arrive in the divorce court, an advocacy group in New Jersey is arguing, pushing legislation to update what it says are antiquated alimony laws that disproportionately favor the recipients of alimony, regardless of changing circumstances.

1/11/2012 7:37:08 AM

Welsh Labour ‘should divorce’ from UK party

A LEADING trade union official says Welsh Labour should consider a “divorce” from the UK Labour Party following statements by shadow ministers at Westminster backing welfare reform and Tory spending cuts.

1/9/2012 2:20:19 PM

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