An appeals court in Maryland ruled that a lower court must consider whether a divorced couple had an oral agreement that they would give a cryopreserved pre-embryo “the opportunity for life,” whether that agreement survives the dissolution of their marriage, and perform a balancing test considering the interests of the parties, including the physical and emotional toll the IVF process had on the wife, her age and the possibility of a successful process.
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Lawyers for Johnny Depp told Britain’s Court of Appeal Thursday that the actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, did not donate all of her $7 million divorce settlement to charity as she claimed, part of arguments seeking to overturn a ruling that the actor assaulted Heard during the couple’s marriage.
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A Chinese man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife almost $8,000 for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark divorce case that has sparked furious debate in China.
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French courts did not violate the rights of a lesbian who is barred from seeing the child she and her ex-partner had raised together, Europe’s human rights court ruled Thursday.
Read moreA candidate for judge in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans was properly enjoined from airing a campaign ad that claimed her opponent, the incumbent, did not pay child support for 13 years, an appeals court in Louisiana ruled. There was no order to pay child support and the incumbent judge paid a lump sum to his former wife under a consent judgment.
Read moreMiller Gaffney Art Advisory LLC claims in court that Rudy Giuliani owes it $15,700 for appraising fine and decorative art, among other property, as part of the lawyer’s divorce last year from his third wife.
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A judge in London on Tuesday said she hoped to rule in the coming weeks in the long-running case of a divorcee whose billionaire ex-husband owes her more than $550 million.
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Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and subjected his former wife to a “campaign of fear and intimidation,” forcing her to flee to London with their two children, according to a British court ruling made public on Thursday.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his third wife have reached a settlement in a years-long court battle that exposed details about their luxurious lifestyle, The New York Times reported.
Read moreThe former director of a bilingual program claims Pillar College, an evangelical college in New Jersey, fired him because he is getting divorced, in Essex County Court.
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has divorced her husband in Minnesota, a month after she filed a petition saying there was an “irretrievable breakdown” in their marriage.
Read moreIn a court declaration filed in a Virginia court Monday, actor Johnny Depp accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of punching him, committing perjury and either allowing a friend to defecate on his bed – or doing so herself.
Read moreAn Arizona woman can keep the embryos created by her and her then-boyfriend, a state appeals court ruled, finding her interest in the embryos outweighs the ex’s since he said he only donated his sperm “as a favor.”
Read moreReversing an order that jailed a Long Island man for four months over his failure to pay child support, a New York appeals court tore into a conservative Long Island judge for his unmistaken bias.
Read moreWho gets custody of a divorced couple’s frozen embryos after their divorce? Implementing a balancing approach, a divided Colorado Supreme Court Monday turned the question back to a trial court with new guidelines to determine custody rights.
Read moreIndia’s government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce.
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