divorce
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Wilson isn’t the only wealthy entrepreneur to divorce without a prenup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
After a divorce: Divorce is the most obvious trigger — but as Kleinfeldt’s case shows, wanting to update your beneficiary designations isn’t enough.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The amount surpasses the 944 billion won awarded in the divorce settlement between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won -- whose business also owns chip giant SK hynix -- and his ex-wife, Roh Soh-yeong.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
It led to divorce and birthed the series, which aimed to give a glimpse of Utah’s Mormon mom influencers navigating the hyper-conservative religious expectations they live by or grew up in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Once, she’d said she wished they’d hurry and get a divorce, yet when it was actually happening, she kind of shut down.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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But what if she divorces her second husband?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
"Working has kept me young, vigorous, energetic, knowledgeable, fun," said Cohen, who has represented celebrities in their divorces, including former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Lawyers who navigate the system for divorces, custody disputes and family court battles say it will be complicated.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
While divorces are often expensive, acrimonious and painful for the rest of the family, I came to see that they sometimes are the most necessary step a person can take for their own well-being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
After the Pacheco case and up until this Joe Mondragon thing, Bloom had once again comfortably immersed himself in the endless petty squabbles, divorces, and mundane litigations of the poor people of Chamisa County.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Beck, who is divorced, was pleasantly surprised by several lower living expenses in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Stewart was also divorced by the time her empire was at its peak — and people also criticized her, for different reasons.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
“After a marriage for this period of time, differentiating between marital and non-marital assets became excessively challenging,” when they got divorced, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hammond and ex-wife Mindy divorced following 23 years of marriage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
We were still a family and they were still traditionally married, but she divorced him in order to separate their financial affairs.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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Finally, the Sun splashes on the marriage breakup of Katie Price and her "conman hubby", as the paper puts it, with: "Katie: I'm divorcing you, Lee."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Right now there’s a lot of talk about divorcing your parents going around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Keep in mind that divorcing solely for the purpose of qualifying for higher benefits may raise legal concerns if the divorce is not genuine.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
But divorcing a film like this from the times in which we’re absorbing it is short of impossible, no matter how much of an escape it provides for 109 minutes.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Abuelita said that Papá was divorcing Mamá, but she didn’t mention that he had another woman and two other daughters.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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