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• International Child Custody Dispute Nearing Resolution - An Illinois mother is searching for a way to reunite with her son for Christmas. The boy has been in the middle of an international custody battle between mother Mary Redmond and father Derek Redmond.


• Woman Awarded $50,000 Following Broken Marriage - An appeals court in Georgia has ordered a man to pay his former fiance 50k after leaving her for another woman. The decision was made with respect to a few different claims, including fraud and breach of contract to marry.


• Rupert Murdoch Files for Third Divorce - News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi Deng. This is Murdoch’s third divorce, following earlier divorces from his first wife Patricia Booker and second wife Anna Maria Torv.


• San Antonio Spurs’ Advance to NBA Finals Puts Off Tim Duncan’s Divorce - San Antonio Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan is in the middle of a divorce with his wife Amy Duncan. It was Amy that first filed for divorce two months ago, but proceedings in the case have been on hold pending the Spurs’ continued progress all the way to the NBA finals.


• Former Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt’s Ex-Wife Wants Divorce Agreement Invalidated - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge is all set to decide on whether to nullify a divorce agreement between former Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife Jamie McCourt.


• Judge Sets Kardashian Divorce Court Date - The superior court judge handling the Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries divorce has set May 6, 2013 as the start date for the trial. The choice of date itself became a mini-legal tussle before the actual trial gets underway.


• Demi Moore Files Divorce Response Demanding Spousal Support - Actress Demi Moore has filed her own divorce papers in response to her estranged husband Ashton Kutcher’s earlier divorce filing.


• North Carolina Church Taken to Court Under Divorce Law - Snow Camp, NC resident and retiree Warren J. Pegram, 74, is applying a clause in the state’s divorce law to a local Church, which he claims is responsible for causing the end of his 28-year old marriage.


• Arizona No-Fault Divorce Law Will Help NASCAR Star Danica Patrick - Arizona’s no-fault divorce law is likely to make things easy for NASCAR Star Danica Patrick, who filed for divorce from her husband Paul Hospenthal.


• Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Divorce Case Date Set for 2013 - The complicated divorce case between reality TV star Kim Kardashian and NBA player Kris Humphries will be heard by the court in Feb 2013. The case is coming to court almost a year and a half after the actual divorce filing by Kardashian in Oct 2011.


• Wife-Mistress Lawsuits Settled in Flip Filipowski Divorce Case - The dueling lawsuits filed in North Carolina by the wife and mistress of Andrew J. Flip Filipowski have been settled for $107,500.


• Official Misconduct by Southaven Mayor Impacts Divorce and Family Law Case - Southaven, MS Mayor Greg Davis and his ex-wife Suzann Savage Davis got a divorce in June 2011, with the mayor agreeing to pay $2,300 in monthly alimony payments, along with $460 per month for a car note.


• Occupy Wall Street Protester Gets 401(k) Fund as Divorce Settlement - Stacey Hessler of Florida, an Occupy Wall Street protester who left her husband and four kids behind in the Sunshine State, has got an $85,385 divorce settlement from her banker husband.


• Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise Divorce Settlement Has No Spousal Support - The terms of the most famous celebrity divorce in recent times have come to light, and include the surprising revelation that Katie Holmes gets no spousal support payments even though ex-husband Tom Cruise has amassed a fortune estimated to be at or above $250 million.


• Massachusetts Court Throws Out Divorce Case Citing Polygamy - Back in April 2009, a petition for divorce was filed in the Worcester Division of the Probate and Family Court Department


• Salahi Divorce Cases Down from Four to Three - In a messy divorce that includes four lawsuits, White Hosue party crasher Tareq Salahi lost one. A $50 million lawsuit against Journey guitarist Neal Schon was tossed out by a Warren County Circuit Court judge in Virginia on the grounds that it was a marital question to be addressed in the divorce proceedings instead of as a business matter.


• Divorce Case Complicated by Rent Controlled Apartment in New York - New York residents Frank and Elizabeth Cudar got a divorce in 2006. Frank Cudar moved out of the Staten Island rent controlled apartment they were living in, while Elizabeth continued to stay there.


• Learning from the Pilar and Deion Sanders Divorce Lawsuit - Celebrity lawsuits are always an acrimonious high-stakes game from many different angles, including the huge amounts of money coupled with the PR and media exposure.


• Eddie Long's Divorce - If you’re having a difficult time keeping up with the status of Eddie Long’s marriage, so are many people.


• One of the First Same-Sex Couples to Get Married in California File for Divorce - One of the initial same-sex couples to tie the knot in California is now becoming one of the first same-sex couples in the state file for divorce.


• Dexter Co-Stars Finalize Their Divorce - After a year of paperwork and attorneys, Dexter co-stars Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall have finalized their divorce. The couple did not have any children together.


• Bishop Eddie Long and His Wife File For Divorce - Long-term presiding pastor of a church in Atlanta, Georgia, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, has just decided to take “time off” from his position at the church due him and his wife divorcing.


• Kim Kardashian Files for Divorce - Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries after 72 days of marriage, according to confirmation by E! News.


• Star of Clueless and Single Lady, Stacey Dash, Files for Divorce From Actor Emmanuel Xuereb - It looks like another short-lived marriage in Hollywood is coming to an end as an actress has recently filed for divorce after her husband, also an actor, has been abusive towards on her several occasions.


• Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Divorce Rumors: True or False? - Are Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore really on the brink of divorce or is it simply all one big, false rumor.


• James Marsden and Lisa Linde File For Divorce - Celebrity marriages do not seem to last very long for the most part, for one reason or another—and it seems that another Hollywood marriage has now come to an end after the wife of one of the X-Men stars has filed for divorce.

Do you have questions or concerns regarding filing for divorce or family law matter? If so, contact a divorce attorney in your area to discuss your legal options today.