Famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin -- the second man to walk on the moon, in 1969 -- likely realized that scores of media articles chronicling his recent divorce would lead off with witticisms and word plays about hard landings, likely not being over the moon concerning the...
If Crystal Harris wanted to have a bit of notoriety attached to her marriage, mission accomplished. For starters, Harris, 26, married a man 60 years her senior in California on New Year's Day. Second, her husband is decidedly wealthy, with multiple and lavish homes...
A recent article in the Huffington Post refers to a "horror story" in the arena of child custody and underscores what can happen when divorcing spouses are overly fixated on the cheapest divorce option, with too much reliance being placed on trust rather than firm...
You might want to pity the plight of Veronica Lario, the estranged wife of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister. Per the terms of a just-reached divorce settlement between the couple, Lario will have only $132,000 to live on. Every day of the year. Such...
Much space is devoted these days in media articles to the growing divorce rate among people in their 50s and beyond. Although such a happening is often termed a "phenomenon" by columnists and pundits who write on social themes, relationships, family law and related...
It's hard to note what Dr. Frasier Crane, noted radio psychiatrist, would think of a couple's lingering sniping and acrimony nearly two years following their divorce. Then, again, Crane is a fictional character played by actor Kelsey Grammer, the real-time participant...
After many months of speculation, media reports from late last week indicate that actor Ashton Kutcher and actress Demi Moore have finally proceeded to the next stage of their divorce-related saga, an actual filing of a divorce petition by Kutcher. Kutcher filed for...
In many instances of divorce, "People don't want to upset the apple cart over the holidays," says Alton Abramowitz, the president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. "And then ... as soon as the holidays are over they pull the plug and file," he adds....
David Wygant is an author and divorce columnist. Annually, and just about this time of year, he thinks back to his family's first Christmas following his parents' divorce when he was a teenager. He's not too fond of the memory. Parental fighting over gifts in an...
The author of a recent New York Times article extolled the virtues of technology in its assist to divorced couples who want virtually nothing to do with each other following a split. The article cited communication boosts such as emails, texting, video conferencing...