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Our preoccupation with the personal relationships of big donors is overshadowing charitable efforts.
An architect and a therapist share tips for improving your home without sacrificing your relationship.
Countries where traditional laws exist must uphold children’s rights and push for their best interest.
A new Chinese civil code introduces a one-month cooling off period for divorce – which has angered some feminists.
As research shows, divorce doesn’t have to mean an unhappy childhood.
Divorce rates are reportedly on the rise but these religious councils largely run on volunteer labour.
Lockdown is putting more pressure on relationships than ever before. Couples should be able to separate peacefully without apportioning blame.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just one factor among many implicated social conditions.
Social distancing can be especially hard when it comes to where children of divorced couples should stay – especially when one of the parents has illnesses that puts them at high risk of the coronavirus.
Co-parenting in the time of COVID-19 has thrown up a whole set of new challenges, including potential disagreements over who the child spends time with and whether they should attend childcare.
The coronavirus pandemic is not like other emergencies addressed in custody arrangements. The best advice is to try to collaborate and cooperate – even if that’s difficult.
In ‘Joker’ and ‘Marriage Story,’ sometimes the absence of sound can pack as much of a punch as dramatic music.
Is this a new and better way for modern couples to live? Here’s what the research says.
Communication, contact and an end to conflict all help children accommodate this major change.
The Indian government’s recent criminalisation of instant ‘triple-talaq’ divorce has stoked dispute among the very people it purports to protect: Muslim women.
The US divorce rate has fallen steadily over the last 30 or 40 years. It’s likely because young adults are taking more time to decide to marry.
Reforming laws relating to unmarried couples is long overdue. But it can also represent an affront couples’ autonomy and erodes the freedom to choose to live in non-marital situations.
No-fault divorce, or no reason at all – how a revolution in divorce law has come about.
Families in the 21st century have changed, making it necessary to rethink what has been “traditional” ways of sharing the custody of children.
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