Two women want the supreme court to rule that they should have had more money after divorcing.
Couples with two homes are reportedly divorcing to avoid the tax, since once officially single they can each own a primary residence, and thus sell either one without penalty.Demand does not look so robust, however, in places like Yingkou Coastal Industrial Base, in north-eastern China.
It has had big hits, such as "Finding Nemo" last year, which have propelled a significant improvement in financial performance, but these triumphs have mostly been the work of Pixar, the studio which is now divorcing Disney.Would Comcast, a family-controlled firm with few creative credentials, be any better at managing Disney's assets?
Voters were dismayed by the distraction of his whirlwind romance with Carla Bruni, a former supermodel, whom he married in February after divorcing his previous wife, Cécilia, last autumn.
"This is the last step in divorcing the law lords from any connection with the legislative business of the House of Lords," says Lord Phillips, the president of the new court.That Britain is only now severing ties between Parliament and the judiciary is more than a touch ironic.
They are marrying less, divorcing more and having fewer children.In this confusing new world, it is hard to talk about a traditional family type.
At the age of 22, the Cornell student's plans foundered when his father suddenly announced that he was divorcing Sandy's mother and selling the family's steel-importing business where the son had expected to work.
He used a news conference to let his wife know he was divorcing her; he hired the hopelessly compromised Bernard Kerik; and he fired any employee (no matter how effective) who tried to take even a little of his spotlight.
But that would alert the enemy that a torpedo was on its way, allowing its signal to be jammed.After divorcing her husband, Lamarr ran away to America in 1937.
The IPO's prospectus warned that a flotation could see Fiat divorcing itself from Chrysler, which has blossomed since their marriage in 2009.
He reveals that Denis Thatcher, whom she married in 1951, once repaired to South Africa for two months and contemplated divorcing her.
