Sentence examples for contested divorce from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday, the court of appeal made a ruling in a contested divorce case.

The Lindstrom-Bergman marriage lasted 13 years and ended in scandal and a bitterly contested divorce in 1950.

Polygraphists are also routinely brought in to investigate such matters as insurance fraud, corporate theft and contested divorce.

Under the Napoleonic Code, contested divorce was possible only for unusually cruel treatment resulting in grave injury and for adultery on the part of the wife.

For this reason, he avoided the criminal law until reform dried up his contested divorce work, and he had no alternative but to go "down the Bailey".

Mr. Cohen said he told a story to clients who were headed for a long, expensive, contested divorce about the wife of a well-known billionaire who decided to take his offer and move on.

Long Island also leads the state in the number of pending contested divorces.

(In Orthodoxy, only men can enact a divorce, so in contested divorces husbands can extort money, or favorable custody arrangements).

A major reason for the backlog of contested cases on Long Island is the fact that many of the contested divorces involve a lot of money.

Justice Gische named Jo Ann Douglas, a lawyer for children in highly contested divorces, to represent the interests of Andrew Giuliani, 15, and his sister, Caroline, 11.

Interviews with other divorce lawyers, marriage counselors and court officials all support Mr. Schlissel's observations: Long Island, which already has the largest number of contested divorces in the state, is headed for another record year.