family law, worldwide
Posted in Middle East on Jun 29th, 2008
When I blogged about the little Yemeni girl who filed for divorce from her 30-year-old husband by herself here, the story hadn’t been picked up by many major news outlets. Now the New York Times has an in-depth story on how that girl and another are changing the way Yemenis look at child marriage.
“Voices are [...]
Posted in North America on Apr 21st, 2008
This article in last week’s Newsweek looks at the effect loosened divorce laws had on kids growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of the men and women describe feeling ashamed of their parents’ failed marriages during a time when divorce was just beginning to become acceptable. As the author explains,
The change had [...]
Posted in North America on Apr 16th, 2008
Several U.S. states have enacted laws allowing either domestic partnerships or, in the case of Massachusetts, marriage for gay couples. What some states didn’t plan for in their laws is a problem that seems to plague all kinds of unions: divorce.
Now some couples who were married in Massachusetts but live in another state are [...]
Posted in Middle East on Apr 15th, 2008
A friend passed on this article from the Yemen Times that AlterNet referenced in one of their blogs. It’s a disturbing story of what marriage and sex can mean to other governments and families. The girl would like to take her father to court for forcing her to marry a 30-year-old man, who [...]
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