Divorce

Movie review: 'What Maisie Knew' gives a child's eye view of divorce

2013-05-16 15:00:00

It is night in an upscale Manhattan apartment. A child, tucked safely into bed, drifts toward sleep to the sounds of her parents tearing each other apart in the next room. Her eyes close, the fighting rumbles on, their words wielded with lethal...

Jason Aldean files for divorce from wife Jessica Ussery

2013-04-29 12:11:00

Jason Aldean has filed for divorce, kicking last week's news of separation from his wife up a notch. "This is a really tough time for my entire family," the country singer told Us Weekly in a statement about the divorce, noting that he and Jessica...

Uganda widow wins compensation after fight

2013-04-29 18:06:00

KASANA, Uganda — When Joyce Birabwa's husband was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, 1,000 miles away, her whole world fell apart. Left to raise two children alone, Birabwa barely had time to grieve before discovering her in-laws had...

Jamie McCourt tries to get judge to throw out her 'huge mistake'

2013-04-19 13:24:00

In October 2011, Jamie McCourt agreed to a divorce settlement in which she would get $131 million and give up any claim to the Dodgers. Six months later, the Dodgers sold for $2 billion. "I was surprised I could have made such a huge mistake," she...

Kris Humphries the big loser in divorce case with Kim Kardashian

2013-04-22 10:20:00

Kris Humphries appears to be the big loser in his divorce battle with Kim Kardashian, as if that comes as a surprise to anyone. As details of the divorce begin to leak following a hearing Friday in Los Angeles court, the Brooklyn Nets power forward will...

Kim Kardashian has a divorce deal with Kris Humphries

2013-04-19 11:01:00

Our long national nightmare appears to be over: Kim Kardashian reached a divorce agreement with Kris Humphries on Friday in L.A. A judge signed off on the deal, reportedly telling the reality-TV star, "Congratulations on your dissolution."� The...

Kris Humphries a no-show for Kim Kardashian divorce settlement hearing

2013-04-12 13:41:00

Kris Humphries was a no-show at a mandatory divorce settlement hearing Friday, the last stop before trial in his long-playing split from Kim Kardashian. Kardashian and her lawyers were there, and Humphries' lawyers were there, according to E! Online,...

Letters: Love, old age and divorce

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Re "A 'gray divorce' boom," Opinion, March 31 Susan L. Brown picks up on the current spate of columns about the meaning of marriage in our Western societies. She writes, "Men and women who are 65 can expect to live 20 more years, a long time to spend...

A 'gray divorce' boom

2013-03-31 00:00:00

Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older people simply did not get divorced. Fewer than 10% of those who got divorced in 1990 were ages 50 or older. Today, 1 in 4 people getting divorced is in this age group. It turns out that those...

Five ways divorce will impact your finances

2013-03-28 12:14:00

Divorce can hurt the pocketbook in ways that some people don’t expect. Lost income, child support, spousal support all hurt. But there are other ways that divorce affects finances, said Samantha Fraelich, vice president of Bernard R. Wolfe &...

Debra Opri

2013-03-25 15:33:00

Debra Opri is widely considered to be one of the most recognizable female litigation attorneys of the 21st Century, both in the courtroom and on television. Famous for her high-profile media cases including the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case, the...

Review: Little to toast at this 'Divorce Party'

2013-03-06 11:54:00

Sometimes, a project comes along that is so cynically lowbrow, it boggles the tortured mind. "Divorce Party: The Musical,” now in its glitzy, empty West Coast premiere at the El Portal, is just such a project, a piece of ossified fluff obviously...

They would have been married 12 years in August. "I've learned that everyone always rushes to judgement when they hear news like this," he told the mag. "That's really hard because no one knows anything about our relationship but us.

2013-05-03 15:59:00

Zooey Deschanel's divorce is final: She and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard got the official finito from a judge on Wednesday. The couple, who separated on Halloween 2011 and filed for divorce Dec. 27 of last year, got married in September 2009.

2012-12-21 12:29:10

Jessica Simpson's mom and dad are calling it quits: Joe and Tina Simpson have filed for divorce. "It is an amicable split, and there is no third party involved," the family rep told People. "Any other related allegations are completely false.

2012-10-26 00:00:00