Attorney Billboard Stating: “Life’s Short. Get a Divorce” Lasts Just One Week
Though it was significantly less boring than some lawyer ads.
Domestic Law
Nice One, Einstein
The latest article of Newsweek has an interesting review of a new bio of Albert Einstein, who besides inventing special and general relativity, providing proof of the existence of atoms, providing the foundation for quantum mechanics, and thinking up that…
New Law Punishes Husbands Who Are “Jealous” or “Indifferent”
A law passed this month in Mexico imposes criminal penalties on men who are "jealous" or who are "indifferent" toward their wives. The law would likely violate the Equal Protection Clause in the U.S. because it applies only to husbands…
Heroic Recliner Saves Husband From Wife’s Assault
Perhaps irritated because her husband would never get up out of the recliner, Jan Kamp fired a bullet at her husband Norman on Sunday night after an argument. But she did not reckon with the combined powers of our 57-year-old…
Lawyer Claims Condition Inherent in Marriage Proposal Entitles Him to Get Ring Back
Attorney William Kaper of Barrington, Illinois, is suing his ex-wife in hopes of getting back a 5-carat, $98,000 diamond ring that he offered her as part of a proposal that he hoped would result in their second marriage. Kaper and…
Man Accidentally Divorces Wife While Asleep
Divorces are much cleaner and easier under Islamic law than in the West. If you are a man, of course. Under Islamic law, a man only has to say the phrase "I divorce you" three times (within a relatively short…
Note to Self: “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” May Not Be Legally Binding
This transcript from a CNN report records a great argument by Larry Burns, attorney for a woman who was married to three men (independently). Julia Bish was already married to Randy Bish when she married Sgt. Mark Hunt last year…
Marital Spat Escalates to Use of Napalm
Police in Mexico’s Yucatan province were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance in the town of Oxkutzcab, where they found a married couple’s home burning in the aftermath of a fiery explosion. Witnesses told police that the fight…
Cuddling Ticket Overturned
A diligent sheriff’s deputy in Oregon gave Faith Miller a ticket in February for sitting next to her husband while he was driving. Because they own a "spacious 1988 Chrysler Fifth Avenue," she has to sit in the middle of…
7-Year-Old Girl Marries Dog, Family Celebrates
Friends and family of Shivam Munda, a seven-year-old Santhal Indian girl from Bihar province, held three days of traditional celebrations and festivities after Shivam married a dog. Indian media reported that girl’s upper teeth came in before her lower teeth…