When Brad Pitt dropped some nonchalant comments about his years-long divorce saga with Angelina Jolie, the tabloids lit up. Beneath the Hollywood glitz and vague soundbites, his words revealed a lot about how any complicated divorce works in the real world.
Divorce regret is a tough pill to swallow for many, and it's rarely something people admit to. But here's the inside scoop: we're in the know. And we're not just talking about our local clients. We're referring to a specific group of people who've experienced divorce regret firsthand: celebrities who apparently miss their exes quite a bit, and who we are sure have mourned their exes from their sprawling estates.
Ever wonder if saying, “Sure, I’ll donate sperm,” means you’re signing up to be a daddy with actual dad duties or just a generous DNA donor? Asking someone to be your sperm donor is perfectly legal, but does that arrangement automatically make the donor a legal father? Not quite.
There’s a time and place for passionate speeches. A courtroom? Yes. A heartfelt letter to your child? Sure. But a livestreamed rant on the internet? Not so much, especially if you're trying to win custody of your kids.
Just ask Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
France may be famous for love stories — think Cyrano de Bergerac, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or even the romantic allure of Paris itself — but its divorce laws? Not exactly a fairy tale.
In 2019, a woman known only by the initials H.W. faced a setback in her pursuit to divorce her husband.
Not everyone knows the highs and lows of moving into a post-divorce apartment. Some people get the marital home in the split, while others face the daunting task of fitting their new life into four walls that feel entirely alienating. If you've found yourself unpacking boxes in that post-divorce apartment, you know the excitement of freedom mixed with the unease of realizing that this new space is a stranger to you.
In Japan, there’s a concept known as “weekend marriage,” or "shumatsukon,” and it’s exactly as delightful and/or bizarre as it sounds (depending on how you view marriage). It's a marriage, but without all the usual trappings the rest of the world has come to expect.
As cliché as it sounds, opposites can attract. A neat freak might find the carefree chaos of a “lovable mess” charming… at first. You may have swooned when they kicked off their shoes right in the doorway or left laundry piles that looked like modern art installations.
What happens when a 56-year-old woman in China ditches a failing marriage for a camper van and the open road? You get a viral phenomenon, and maybe, a new face of post-divorce empowerment.
Meet “Road Trip Auntie,” known affectionately across Chinese social media as “Auntie Ping.
Every now and then, someone writes into the legal internet ether a question so raw, so universal, so steeped in injustice that it echoes across group chats and legal blogs alike. In today’s blog, we answer the following question:
“Is it okay to be annoyed when your ex becomes wildly successful after the divorce?”
Short answer: Absolutely.