Divorce News and Views

According to a recent study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, children of actively religious parents are twice as likely to choose a different religious path – and sometimes no religious path at all — after their folks split up, compared to children whose actively religious parents remain married. The study, […]

Not that long ago, Iowa was home to the legendary “Field of Dreams,” which promised if you build it, they will come. Well, fast forward a couple of decades — and more than a few pretty bad Kevin Costner movies — and Iowa legislators are chanting a different oath: if you have kids, you will […]

It’s been said that the essence of news is when “man bites dog” – or, in other words, when the unusual, unexpected or just plain weird happens. And it’s arguable that all three make an appearance in the tale of 66-year old self-declared trophy husband Gordon Walker. Gordon Walker: Trophy Husband From 1997 to 2011, […]

While the vast majority of people wouldn’t put the words “divorce” and “funny” in the same sentence – let alone the same book – network executives at ABC have decided to cross comedy’s final frontier, and have ordered a pilot for Divorce: A Love Story. The pilot and possible series is the brain child of […]

Plenty of country music’s most memorable and soulful songs trace their roots back to a painful divorce. However, if you’re a fan of country singer/songerwriter Miranda Lambert, don’t expect her to bellow out any soul-bearing, ex-hubby related torch songs – because she refuses to consider the possibility of divorce. Proclaiming in the February edition of […]

Despite the endless supply of one-liners, lawyers – whether they’re family lawyers, civil lawyers, criminal lawyers or any other breed – are on the whole hard working, honest people who do important jobs. Indeed, as any seasoned lawyer will tell you, courts don’t uphold the law: lawyers do (something that most self-represented defendants or litigants […]

Read about Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly Hildebrandt, a couple who met over Facebook because they shared a name, but who are now headed for divorce.