Huffington Post launching 'Divorce' section

The Huffington Post, the popular news and opinion website, is launching a "Divorce" section Monday offering dating and parenting tips, financial and legal advice and more for people whose marriages have ended.- 09/11/2010, TV & Radio

Desmond and wife divorce

The newspaper proprietor Richard Desmond was divorced by his wife of 27 years yesterday.- 06/10/2010, News

Preparing for your post-divorce well-being

Divorce expos have been popping up all over North America and Europe (Italy held its first in May) to help individuals plan and prepare for divorce and "de-coupling." Here are some tips to help you afford your new start.- 12/08/2010, Health & Families

Court condemns Russians' bitter divorce

A young Russian couple's "bitter and unruly" divorce battle was criticised in the Court of Appeal today over whether it was a good use of judges' time. Ilya Golubovich, son of multi-millionaires, wanted his divorce pronounced in Moscow whereas his former wife, Elena, wanted a London decree. Both used delaying tactics at the courts in th...- 13/07/2010, Home News

China’s divorce rate continues to climb

One in five Chinese marriages now ends in divorce with the rise in numbers put down to a "stronger sense of self.''- 17/06/2010, House & Home

Wife who wanted husband killed gets divorce payout

The story behind the legislation reads like a movie pitch. The wife of a Southern California police detective, distraught because she had lost custody of her children, tries to hire a hit man from the Vagos motorcycle gang to kill him. Instead, gang members alert police, who disguise themselves as biker thugs and secretly tape a conversation with her, lea- 15/06/2010, Americas

Men doing the housework reduces divorce risk: study

Divorce rates are lower in families where husbands help out with the housework, shopping and childcare, according to a study of 3,500 British couples published Tuesday.- 19/05/2010, House & Home

Divorce 'less likely if fathers help out'

Married couples are less likely to divorce if husbands help more with housework, shopping and childcare after the birth of their first child, research suggests.- 14/05/2010, Home News

In Italy, divorce is in the air

Divorce, once a taboo topic in mainly Catholic Italy, has become a growth industry as increasing numbers emulate their flamboyant prime minister, in the throes of his second marital split.- 13/05/2010, House & Home

Man who knifed ex-wife to death 'was provoked by divorce party'

A 63-year-old man stabbed his ex-wife to death on the day she was holding a divorce party, a court heard yesterday. Brian Jones, of Marske, near Redcar, East Cleveland, denies murdering Katrina Jones, 34, last November, claiming he was provoked by her celebration and that he had begged her not to hold it. - 07/04/2010, Crime

Man in court over divorce party murder

A man was facing trial today accused of killing his ex-wife who was stabbed to death as she prepared to host her divorce party. Brian Jones, 63, denies murdering 34-year-old Katrina Jones, who was found dead in her home in Church Close, Marske, east Cleveland, last year. When police arrived to reports of a disturbance on November 27 they found the ...- 06/04/2010, Crime

Ruling confirms London as divorce payout capital

London's reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today. Five Justices who sit at the highest court in the land ruled that a settlement reached in a Nigerian court would have caused "real hardship" to a wife and ordered that she should have a much greater lump sum awarded by a UK judge. ...- 10/03/2010, Home News

John Terry's wife Toni Poole 'demands divorce'

The wife of England football captain John Terry has left the family home and is demanding a divorce, it was claimed last night. Toni Poole is reported to have taken the couple's children and told a friend she felt humiliated after learning of her husband's alleged affair with model Vanessa Perroncel. Some reports suggest she has flown to Dubai. M...- 01/02/2010, News

Cancer-stricken Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper files for divorce from his deathbed

Cancer-stricken actor Dennis Hopper has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly 14 years, court records have shown. Hopper, 73, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, filed his petition to divorce Victoria Hopper in Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday. He is said to have less than a month to live after the cancer spread to his...- 18/01/2010, News

Leading lawyers call for quicker 'no-fault' divorces

Britain's medieval fault-based divorce system must be reformed so that couples are free to end their marriage without having to blame each other for the break-up, an overwhelming majority of lawyers have told the Government.- 07/01/2010, Home News