divorce
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The yearslong divorce battle nears a climax Friday, when a panel of appeals court judges is scheduled to decide how to divide Chey’s roughly $5 billion fortune with his ex-wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 2023 she said she fought five times to pay for her divorce, while the following year she accused former coach Gilliard Parana of withholding money from her.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The request is a common theme among the Jolie-Pitt siblings since the couple’s marriage was formally dissolved in 2019 and divorce became finalized in 2024 after a long legal battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Divorce is governed largely by the prenup and divorce law in your state.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The National Woman Suffrage Association was dedicated to opposing the Fifteenth Amendment, promoting a sixteenth amendment establishing female suffrage, supporting divorce reform, and advocating for other women’s rights issues.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Both stars finalised divorces from their former partners during their time together.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Many painted a picture of "destroyed" lives: divorces, losing custody of their children, prison, psychiatric hospitals, and astronomical medical bills in the hope of regaining "a normal, meaningful life."
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
They claim that the laws are widely abused as a blackmail tool in divorces, enrich lawyers and let spouses who misbehave off the hook, treating them as passive objects with no agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
They are going through divorces, having trouble connecting with their spouses or dealing with their kids’ private school tuition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
I would like to let the record show that Ali and Shohreh probably had the most amicable divorce in the history of divorces.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Her childhood had been chaotic after her parents divorced when she was a toddler, she says, but she didn’t view it as so extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A whole new genre of celebrity divorce: Slate’s Scaachi Koul considers how Bunnie Xo, an archetypical “Cool Girl,” seems to have masterminded a new strategy for getting divorced in the public eye.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
One woman raised five kids and then got divorced.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
People ask me why I keep stuff and this is exactly why: You might get divorced and use it as a costume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
By 1922, Morrison had divorced his Osage wife, and after Stepson’s death he married Stepson’s widow, Tillie, making himself the guardian of her two children.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
People 50 or older now make up nearly 40% of the divorcing population, up from just 8% in 1990, according to research from Bowling Green State University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Previously, divorcing couples in Japan were free to decide custody and visitation arrangements.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
I had an aunt who went as far as divorcing her husband and briefly marrying an American family friend so that she could get a green card.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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