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Can an Estranged or Former Spouse Collect Under a Will?
Read more: Can an Estranged or Former Spouse Collect Under a Will?Many married couples name their spouse as the sole beneficiary in a Last Will and Testament to transfer their estate to the spouse upon death. So long as that marriage remains intact,…
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Website Now Allows People to Crowdfund Their Divorce
Read more: Website Now Allows People to Crowdfund Their DivorceMany people assume Separation and Divorce is an expensive endeavor, and it certainly can be when spouses go from paying for one household to paying living expenses at two different households. Add…
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Divorce Diets
Read more: Divorce DietsAccording to a study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, the end of a marriage can lead to greater dietary harms for men than with women. The study specifically focused…
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Many Israeli Women are Fighting for the Right to Divorce
Read more: Many Israeli Women are Fighting for the Right to DivorceAccording to a recent Yahoo! News article by Michael Blum, upwards of 6,000 women per year in Israel are fighting for the ability to divorce. Israel, which follows Jewish Law in regards…
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Panama Papers Leak Shows How the Uber-Wealthy Hide Assets During Divorce
Read more: Panama Papers Leak Shows How the Uber-Wealthy Hide Assets During DivorceGerman-based newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, in conjunction with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, first reported that over 2.6 terabytes of data from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. were compromised and…
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Study Highlights Changing Attitudes about Marriage and Divorce
Read more: Study Highlights Changing Attitudes about Marriage and DivorceAccording to recently released survey results, many Americans’ views on relationships, marriage, and divorce have changed over the past decade. From 2011 through 2013 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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Attorney Stephanie Ross Honored as “10 Best in Client Satisfaction”
Read more: Attorney Stephanie Ross Honored as “10 Best in Client Satisfaction”Miller Cushing Holladay associate attorney Stephanie Ross was honored by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys as a 2016 recipient of the “10 Best in Client Satisfaction” for North Carolina Family…
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Amendments to Birth Certificates
Read more: Amendments to Birth CertificatesNorth Carolina, like most other states, issues a birth certificate for every child born. In addition to providing certain vital information such as place of birth, time of birth, date of birth,…
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Rabbi Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Coercing Religious Divorces
Read more: Rabbi Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Coercing Religious DivorcesOrthodox Rabbi Mendel Epstein of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced to ten years in prison on December 15th for his part in a conspiracy involving physical and emotional abuse to coerce Jewish…
