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By Andrea Murad How to Loan Family Members Money There are two things that tend to be off limits when it comes to dinner conversation: money and politics. And for good reason, talking about finances can spoil relationships by creating resentment and misunderstandings. But what happens when a family member is struggling to make ends […]
Our heart-to-heart on why it costs so much and takes so long to get out of wedlock. By CATEY HILL 1. You’ll pay more than the advertised rate — way more. The U.S. divorce rate has nearly doubled since 1960, according to the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, and the number of divorce […]
By Elizabeth Landau On her wedding day, Jessica Port wore a tan and black dress to match the tan button-down shirt and patterned necktie of her spouse-to-be, Virginia Anne Cowan. They had taken a vacation from their home in Washington D.C. to a San Francisco courthouse in 2008 to get married, since California had recently […]
By Matt Eppers A lawyer for the mother of one of Terrell Owens’ children alleged in court papers filed Wednesday that Owens sent her “several taunting text messages … regarding his failure to pay child support.” Randall M. Kessler, an Atlanta-based attorney for Melanie Paige Smith, filed an amendment to petition for contempt Wednesday in […]
By JANET MORRISSEY THE American marriage, it seems, is on the rocks. The common line — true or not — is that half of all marriages in this country end in divorce. So here comes a plucky entrepreneur from, of all places, the Netherlands, with a wild, you’ve-got-to-be-joking plan to profit from the sorry state […]
By Andrea Murad With retirement just around the corner, many baby boomers are going through another major life change: divorce. The overall divorce rate in the U.S. sits around 50%, and in 2009, one in four of divorces were among baby boomers–an increase from one in 10 in 1990, according to research conducted by sociologists […]
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD The new Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg might not have to worry much about money, but that doesn’t mean she is automatically a billionaire. The timing of Mark Zuckerberg’s marriage to his college sweetheart, Priscilla Chan, on Saturday, just a day after he took his company public, was certainly curious. Was he looking […]
By Quentin Fottrell Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his status to “married” Saturday and received over one million “likes” from his followers. But the site he founded isn’t always so marriage-friendly. In fact, lawyers say the social network contributes to an increasing number of marriage breakups. More than a third of divorce filings last year […]
CNBC.com In the 1989 black comedy “The War of the Roses,” actors Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner played out their scorched-earth divorce to a bitter end. But for real-life couples aiming for a livable outcome, hiring the right lawyers is crucial. “Look for a lawyer the same way you would look for a surgeon — […]
