Grandparents relationships with their grandchildren vary. Some grandparents assist with the daycare of the grandchildren, some grandparents are 100% responsible for raising their grandchildren, some grandparents shower their grandchildren with presents and others only see their grandchildren on the holidays. This is not an exhaustive list of all grandparent and grandchildren relationships. What happens when… Read more
Category Archives: Spousal Tales
Divorce, Facebook & Spying
The use of electronic correspondence is not new in divorce court. Parties have been using Facebook, MySpace and blog postings as evidence in Court to help support their positions. The following is a particularly spectacular story of how two spouses used Facebook as part of a custody battle to get evidence of the other spouse’s… Read more
Divorce Via Text (SMS) or Twitter
In January 1976 Massachusetts embraced no fault divorce. It was seven years after California was the first state to allow no fault divorces. Thirty years ago no fault divorce opponents unsuccessfully argued that the sacred institution of marriage would be destroyed if couples could get divorced without finding fault. Divorce no longer carries the social… Read more
Guatemalan President’s Strategic Divorce
Guatemalan President, Alvaro Colom, is in his last term. The Guatemalan constitution prohibits relatives of the outgoing president to run for re-election. Fortunately, President Colom’s political party is not using the strategy of Libyan President Gaddafi or Ivory Coast’s President Gbagbo by using force to stay in power. Instead the political party is exploiting a… Read more
April Fool’s Day Spousal Pranks
Every year there are a slew of new joksters on April 1st. While everyone knows that it is April 1st and it is necessary to be on guard, there are those that still forget that the word gullible is not written on the ceiling. This is the one day of the year when someone is… Read more
Husband Bans Wife From Country
You have probably heard stories of how nasty spouses can be to each other during a divorce. Spouses frequently complain that their ex or soon-to-be ex is purposely trying to undermine them, control them, and make their life miserable. The following story is amongst the nastiest and most appalling acts that one spouse could do… Read more