25 May 2013
A man who claimed to not known that his wife had divorced him before her death has failed in a bid to restore the marriage.
Desmond McIntosh said he was dyslexic and had poor literacy skills, and so hadn’t understood that he was signing divorce papers which would leave him with no capital.
The 58 year-old carpenter cared for his wife during the final two years of her life, after
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24 May 2013
Debra Messing feels guilty about the failure of her marriage to screenwriter Daniel Zelman, the actress tells More magazine.
The 44 year-old, best known for her starring role in popular sitcom Will & Grace, split from Zelman in 2011, after 11 years of marriage. She filed for divorce the following June.
Messing told the magazine:
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A Scientologist who lost a High Court bid to marry in the organisation’s London venue has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Louisa Hodkin had planned to marry fiancé Alessandro Calcioli in the Church of
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24 May 2013
Vulnerable families will face substantial hardship after the introduction of a £500 weekly cap on welfare benefits, according to newly filed court papers.
In the first of a series of test cases opposing the cap, lawyers for four welfare-dependent
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24 May 2013
When I launched my Kindle book Divorce & Splitting Up: Advice from a Top Divorce Lawyer in January 2013, I hoped people going through divorce or separation would find it useful during what can be a very confusing and difficult time. It has since gone on to sell more than 1700 copies and drawn positive reviews.
This was my first book in nearly ten years and I was determined to make it available to as
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24 May 2013

Victims of domestic violence living in the EU will be able to rely on restraining orders issued in one member state while living in another.
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for EU-wide ‘protection order’
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Men who remarry after divorce have weaker relationships with the children of earlier marriages, a new study has found.
According to the University of Wisconsin study, such men see the children of earlier
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23 May 2013
The number of local authorities offering new financial assistance to young people leaving care has tripled, the government has announced.
Care leavers in their regions will now be entitled to £2,000 to help them buy furniture and set up a new home. Over 110 local authorities have also signed the Care Leavers Charter, a package of principles regarding support devised by care leavers themselves. These include a promise to provide support to care leavers until they reach their 25th birthdays.
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23 May 2013
The marriage of singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and husband Luke Bullen has “broken down irretrievably”, a judge has declared.
Judge Susannah Walker granted the pair a decree nisi earlier today and said the marriage would formally end within weeks.
Neither was present at the hearing.
The former couple were married on the Isle of Skye in September 2008 but separated
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Just one in ten of the children born to cohabiting parents this year will reach their 16th birthdays with both parents still together and unmarried, a report predicts.
The rest will see their parents either split up or tie the knot, campaign group the Marriage Foundation
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A New York man has been jailed for two and a half years after admitting running up more than $1.2 million in unpaid child support.
Robert Sand pleaded guilty to failing to pay for three children from two marriages for
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23 May 2013
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has apologised for its handing of the decision to remove three foster children from a UKIP-supporting couple.
Following a review of the controversial incident, the Council concluded that removal was in the best interests of the Eastern European children, but the decision was poorly
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22 May 2013

The Japanese parliament has approved plans to join the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Earlier today, the upper house of the National Diet (parliament) unanimously approved
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22 May 2013
Earlier today I returned to the London studios of ITV This Morning for my regular phone-in legal clinic. Today’s topic was one of the hardy perennials of divorce law: property.
As ever, it was a lively session, with viewers ringing in from round the country for
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