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Women in Saudi Arabia who have been divorced by their husband will now be notified of their new marital status by a text.

Hungary is preparing to hold a country-wide national consultation on its family policy, which has already resulted in an increase in marriage and a decline in abortion and divorce.

Divorce laws in Britain are set to see a “revolution” under the ‘Conservative’ government, as ministers say they are ready to bring in fast “no-fault” break-ups and make it easier to dissolve a marriage unilaterally.

LONDON (AP) — Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his wife have announced that they are divorcing.

A growing number of wives married to Islamic State (ISIS) jihadis are filing for divorce from their husbands as members of the terror group are being forced out of the areas they once controlled.

A Pakistani lawmaker proposed banning the word “divorce” from all television dramas this week because of its alleged negative impact on society.

Saudi Arabia’s reform program continued on Monday with a statement from the Information Ministry that women will now be allowed to retain custody of their children after a divorce.

A feminist author is advising spouses of Trump supporters to file for divorce.

Fans of Hollywood super-couple Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were left reeling Monday morning as the pair announced they were legally separating after eight years of marriage.

The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces during Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words that would be regretted later.

California couple Michelle Mahoney and Jeff Becerra’s divorce party went viral after their daughter tweeted photos of the separation commemoration.

A Saudi man divorced his wife two hours after they got married because she sent wedding pictures on Snapchat, despite having specified in the marriage contract that she would refrain from using social media.

Brad Pitt is reportedly under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services over an incident last week in which he was allegedly verbally and physically abusive toward his children, according to a report.

Six months after Maha’s husband was killed in Syria’s bloody civil war, the mother-of-two took a decision that has become increasingly common — she became a second wife.

Amber Heard has filed to dismiss her domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp as the two Hollywood stars have reportedly settled their messy and highly publicized divorce.

In an entertainment industry seemingly fixated on pro-feminist sensibilities, actress and fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker, in a recent cover story interview with Marie Claire, declared that she is not a feminist.

The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp divorce drama was ratcheted up another notch Wednesday after text messages purported to be sent from Heard’s phone appear to reveal that the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s alleged physical abuse of his wife dates back to at least 2014.

Two former romantic partners of embattled star Johnny Depp have cast doubt on Amber Heard’s claim that the actor repeatedly physically abused her during their 15-month marriage, describing the Pirates of the Caribbean star as a “soft” person who never so much as raised his voice against them.

A representative for Johnny Depp claims that Amber Heard fabricated allegations of domestic violence in order to win a significant financial settlement in their upcoming divorce.

Speaking on ABC’s The View Wednesday, Whoopi Goldberg voiced her support of divorce as a good and important option for many Christians, since it is found “nowhere in the Bible.”

Veteran actress Shirley MacLaine bragged about the success of her open marriage — which ended in divorce — this week during an interview.

In the first ruling of its kind in California, a Superior Court judge in San Francisco has ruled that the frozen embryos a woman wants to use to procreate, over her ex-husband’s objections, must be destroyed.

“Pain is part of life” is not what the culture of 2015 wants to hear, and it’s bound to raise sarcastic chuckles as the impromptu slogan of Bush’s presidential campaign… but he’s right, and the quest to avoid pain has gone far beyond the point of diminishing returns. This is true of every form of discomfort – from physical and emotional pain, to economic anxiety and the “trigger words” culture of hyper-sensitivity on campus.

Lesbian couples are twice as likely to end civil partnerships as gay men, new research has revealed. The research, by a firm of lawyers, analysed the outcomes of nearly 60,000 civil partnerships, and confirms previous similar findings by the government.

The left-wing of Catholicism just concluded a two-year campaign to convince the universal Church to change its teachings on marriage, divorce, communion, and homosexuality.

It’s tough to get me excited about anything gay these days. What was once a fearless, exciting subculture has ossified into a load of uptight house husbands with terrible taste in everything who won’t even deign to share their superior homosexual man-fluid for the good of the species.

In a word intended to reassure conservatives, Pope Francis told the bishops gathered in the Vatican Synod on the family Tuesday that Church teaching on marriage is “still valid,” while also urging them to broaden their horizons, instead of focusing on internal questions such as Communion for the divorced and remarried.

More than 130 notable converts to Catholicism have published an open letter begging Pope Francis and the bishops gathered at the Vatican Synod on Marriage and the Family to stand firm in teaching traditional Christian beliefs regarding the permanence of marriage, human sexuality, and the meaning of the family.

A study by University of Virginia Professor W. Bradford Wilcox and University of Utah Professor Nicholas H. Wolfinger suggests that Republicans have happier marriages than Democrats.

In his weekly audience Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his series of reflections on the family, focusing on the situation of the divorced and remarried and their participation in the life of the Church.

While speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” 2016 GOP primary candidate Rick Santorum argued that the SCOTUS decision which allows same-sex marriage is not the biggest issue in the U.S.

On Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his reflections on the family, addressing the delicate question of divorce and separation, as well as its effects on family members. He invited his hearers to think more about the effects that adults’ actions have on the most vulnerable, especially little ones.

The Iranian government, alarmed at the declining rate of marriage in the Islamic Republic, has announced it will officially launch a free online “matchmaking service” that officials insist is not a dating site. Unlike a dating site, users have no choice in who they are paired with upon subscribing to the service.

Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) was in an Orange County, Florida court on Monday for the latest round in his messy divorce battle with his estranged wife and mother of his five children, Lolita.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper has granted a Brooklyn woman approval to serve her husband divorce papers over Facebook.

Texas House Representative James White (R-Woodville) has filed H.B. 547 relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage. The law would allow couples to select to enter into an agreement for a covenant marriage. The law applies to populations between 54,000 and 56,000 in which more than 250 divorces are granted each year, or to counties where the commissioners court in the county have adopted an order authorizing persons to enter into covenant marriages. Bills providing for covenant marriages in Texas have not been successful in the past.