Ex-spouses can get along — and not just for the holidays

This CAN happen: An excerpt from his article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/22/divorce-holidays-relationships/4040525/ Judy and John Reggio of Cranford, N.J., divorced in February after almost 17 years of marriage — but they’re not going to let that get in the way of some holiday traditions. John came by the house to decorate the Christmas tree with Judy and their sons,…

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Goodbye darling, you’re just too dull

I’d be perfectly happy with women divorcing their husbands because they are bored only if those women who wanted out of that marriage got NOTHING, except what she came into it with. No child support, no children, no alimony and no house. That sounds like a good deal to me. Go ahead and find yourself!…

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Does Modern Matrimonial Law Represent “The Best Interests Of The Children?”

I found this on a site recently and had to re-post. A great commentary on the reality we live in. Why do we allow 1960’s laws to exist in 2013? Paternity Law. Does One Size Fit the Best Interest of Children? Posted by: Jason Brown on the Star Tribune – http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/204388701.html Jason Brown is the founding…

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Save your marriage by cheating?

More than 18 million people in 26 countries frequent AshleyMadison.com, a dating site for married people looking to have affairs. But while unsatisfied marrieds browse the site looking to hookup, the man behind the site — creator Noel Biderman — has been happily married for nearly 10 years. HuffPost Divorce spoke to Noel and his…

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The Evolution of Divorce

by W. Bradford Wilcox – National Affairs In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan of California made what he later admitted was one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. Seeking to eliminate the strife and deception often associated with the legal regime of fault-based divorce, Reagan signed the nation’s first no-fault divorce bill. The new…

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Men not marrying? How deep does “the problem” go

From Girl Writes What   Men used to be able to derive a positive male identity from marriage. That is, through the respected and uniquely male role of husband and father. When that identity is increasingly characterized by society as superfluous, obsolete, or in the words of Harriet Harman, unnecessary to social cohesion, it is…

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