Articles about Divorce

13 May 2013
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: ‘The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage’ 90 Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says the government’s same-sex marriage bill will take the “sex out of marriage” and wonders whether a sister could marry a sister in order to avoid inheritance tax as part of the reform.
29 March 2013
US: Transgender man told he cannot divorce wife 27 An Arizona judge has rejected a divorce petition from Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three.
25 January 2013
US: Separated lesbian couple to testify on behalf of sperm donor ordered to pay child support 6 A Separated lesbian couple have both been summoned to testify on behalf of a sperm donor, with whom they had made a written agreement, but who was ordered to pay child support after they split up.
17 January 2013
Chinese court proposes annulment option for wives of gay men 1 The First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing have proposed to allow spouses to get an annulment from their gay partners after a spate of publicity regarding China's 'gay wives'.
5 January 2013
UK: Mother tells employment tribunal of her depression after her husband came out as gay 27 A mother-of-two told an employment tribunal that she became depressed and had to stop working after her husband of twelve years told her was gay and brought his boyfriend to the family home.
26 December 2012
High Court Judge: Same-sex marriage isn’t a priority as it only helps 0.1% of population 69 Upcoming plans to legalise marriage equality have come under fire from a High Court judge, who said that the government should focus on the "crisis of family breakdown".
19 December 2012
UK: Envoy to the prime minister to vote against same-sex marriage 32 Conservative MP Stephen O'Brien, who is also the Prime Minister's Envoy & UK Special Representative to the Sahel region in Africa, has confirmed he will vote against equal marriage.
19 December 2012
UK: Gay couples denied access to heterosexual divorce laws 28 Gay partners in England and Wales who have an affair with someone of the same sex will not be able to use adultery laws as grounds for divorce, lawyers have warned.
3 December 2012
Israel grants first divorce to gay married couple 11 For the first time, an Israeli court has granted the divorce of a gay couple, a move that may have widespread ramifications across the country.
13 April 2012
Analysis: The multi-million pound ‘gay divorce’ 6 Brenda Long writes that though civil partners can be assured the principles of dissolution are the same as divorce, this brings its own set of issues.
9 March 2012
Multi-million pound ‘gay divorce’ tests civil partnership law 24 A case at the Court of Appeal over the splitting of a gay couple's £4 million assets has made headlines due to the couple's differing financial situations.
5 September 2011
Gay millionaire faces one of the UK’s most expensive divorces 47 A millionaire hedge fund manager who recently came out as gay is facing one of the UK's most expensive divorces.
14 January 2010
Homophobic attack victim condemns Iris Robinson 13 A man who was beaten in a homophobic attack shortly before Iris Robinson made her now infamous anti-gay remarks has said her husband should divorce her.

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