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 marriages less frequently and are also less likely to give them practical assistance like money:
“Divorced mid- to late-life fathers who repartner have notably less contact with and are
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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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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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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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Older divorcees are driving up house prices, actress Penelope Keith has claimed.
The star of legendary Seventies sitcom The Good Life believes affluent couples who split in their 50s and 60s are inflating property prices by buying flats and smaller homes after they separate. Older couples should be encouraged to stay together instead, she believes.
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Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger and estranged wife Maria Shriver are “in no hurry to divorce”, TMZ reports.
Schwarzenegger separated from the journalist and author in May 2011, after 25 years, but the couple have yet to begin divorce proceedings. According to the
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21 May 2013
Singer-songwriter Katie Waissel has released a song about her brief marriage to male model Brad Alphonso.
The 27 year-old Briton married Alphonso in September last year, only four months after the couple met. But the marriage lasted just two months before dissolving into a series of
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21 May 2013
Divorce has become the ‘norm’ and ‘so easy’, claims actress Alison Steadman.
Speaking at the launch of a new TV drama about the break-up of a retired couple, the 66 year-old TV and film veteran said she hoped younger people would think twice before ending their relationships, the Mail reports.
“I can remember when I was at school there was one girl in my whole class, her parents were divorced and it was shocking, we as kids felt really sorry for her…her mother had
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A 47 year-old British man has appeared in a French court charged with the murder of his two children following a bitter divorce from his wife.
Julian Stevenson’s two children, aged five and ten, were killed during their first unsupervised visit to his flat in Lyon on Saturday afternoon.
According to reports, Stevenson was later seen fleeing the apartment building on
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18 May 2013
Legendary Korean pop star Seo Taiji has announced plans to marry a second time.
The 41 year-old singer-songwriter – a former member of influential band Seo Taiji and Boys – is to marry actress Lee Eun Song, 24, best known for her role in Korean TV drama Sharp 1.
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The ex-wife of Anger Management star Charlie Sheen has failed in her second attempt to have temporary custody of her children removed from Denise Richards.
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16 May 2013
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore and wrangling over money as their divorce moves toward settlement, TMZ reports.
The Hollywood couple separated in November 2011 amid allegations of infidelity but famously did not begin divorce proceedings until the end of last year. Demi, now 50, is reported to be seeking ‘spousal support’ (maintenance) from her estranged husband,
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A man who divorced his wife after visits to a psychic has been cleared of harassing her.
Jim Gotobed, of Romford, said he had left sessions with Tracie Long feeling “hypnotised” and increasingly in love with her, the Telegraph reports.
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15 May 2013
A divorcee who refused to surrender more than £97,000 to pensions firm Scottish Widows has been told she can keep the money.
In 2010, Natalie McNicholas was awarded 50 per cent of her husband’s pension after their divorce. Scottish Widows valued the total pension at £622,946, meaning Mrs
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