A 54 year-old factory worker has been jailed for 20 weeks after his wife saw pictures of him marrying another woman on Facebook.
Garry Floodgate, who works as a plant driver, admitted bigamy at a court hearing in Northampton, the BBC reports. …
Financier Ben Goldsmith was granted a divorce in a one minute hearing a the High Court in London earlier today.
The 32 year-old son of late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith filed for divorce from wife Kate Rothschild last year following allegations …
Veteran Labour politician Roy Hattersley has divorced at the age of 80.
The former Deputy Leader was granted a decree nisi by District Judge Heather MacGregor at the Principal Registry of the Family Division in London earlier today.
According to a …
Musician and model Myleene Klass has described her recent split from husband Graham Quinn as “like a bereavement”.
The former bodyguard left Klass in April last year, on her 34th birthday, just six months after their marriage. They had been …
Entrepreneur and Dragons Den star Duncan Bannatyne has put his home up for sale following his recent divorce.
Bannatyne, 64, is selling up after the breakdown of his marriage with second wife Joanne McCue. The couple married in November 2006 and …
The wife of jailed property developer Scot Young has been granted a decree nisi by District Judge Heather MacGregor.
Her petition was uncontested. The pair will now have to wait six weeks and one day before a decree absolute is granted and the …
A property investor whose wife divorced him after an argument over map reading has been refused permission to appeal an order granting her a divorce.
Mark Howell, from Kennington in south London, rowed with his wife Nalini during a wine-tasting …
Scottish entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne has announced the completion of his divorce on Twitter.
In a recent series of tweets Mr Bannatyne revealed that the final divorce documents had arrived by email:
“I just received my …
Yes, we’ve all heard the saying: divorce, along with bereavement and moving house, is one of life’s most stressful experiences. You may feel a great sense of relief when that decree nisi finally becomes a decree absolute, or you may be left …
Does divorce run in the family? That’s the thought-provoking question posed by a new article on the Huffington Post.
The question accompanies a gallery of celebrity siblings who have all followed each other into the divorce courts. Did you know, …
Marriage is not just about commitment, it is also about investment. It is an investment of our time, our energy, our emotions – in fact, of our lives, if that is not too grand a term to use. And just like any other investment, we expect timely …
Craig Bellamy, a high profile striker for Cardiff City football team, has been divorced by his wife on the grounds of ‘unreasonable behaviour’.
According to a report on Wales Online, papers filed for a brief hearing at the Family Division of the …
A millionaire property developer has failed in an attempt to prevent his wife divorcing him after he moved in with his new girlfriend.
Haushang Jafari, 60, claimed that he was allowed to take a second wife under Sharia law.
His wife, Aghdas Bidaki, …
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is finalising plans to marry fiancée Sally Humphreys, a 34 year-old theatre and television producer.
The wedding, planned for next year, will be the 65 year-old musician’s third. Reports suggest they have …
So it’s finally all over. The decree nisi has become a decree absolute and it’s time to start a new chapter in your life and meet new people.
Dates are never easy. In the 21st Century we all bend over backwards to make them seem like casual, …
Do any of my readers remember D-I-V-O-R-C-E by legendary country and western singer Tammy Wynette? In the lyrics to this famous song, the protagonist spells out words like ‘divorce’ and ‘custody’ to avoid her upsetting her four year old son, …
The observation that besides bereavement, divorce and moving house are the two most stressful events in adult life has become a familiar cliché. Maybe we can all think of a few things to add to the list – illness for example – but there can be …
I receive a massive number of comments on this blog concerning the decree absolute. It seems to be the one stage of the divorce process that causes most confusion, and so I thought it might time to look at it in a little more detail and consider the …
The Directgov website has many bullet point guides to all types of family crises: debt; house repossessions; all aspects of family breakdown; even death in the family. I recommend its pages to anyone who finds themselves in such situations, and …
The Government Response to the Family Justice Review, which was led by accountant David Norgrove and an almost exclusively child-focused committee, was published this week. Most of the report’s recommendations were, as expected, accepted – in …
I often receive and welcome comments on this blog from readers looking for advice concerning their own situation. I always try to reply but it can become difficult to offer specific advice when I don’t have a fuller picture of their …
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