Former wives heading for a wealthier future
LONDON bankers are celebrating a record £8.8 billion ($A22.3 billion) year-end bonus pool. Thanks to a court ruling on future bonuses, spouses and their divorce lawyers may have the last laugh.
The judgement involving an antique dealer and his wife may let ex-wives claim a portion of payouts awarded long after a break-up, burnishing London's reputation as a top venue
for big-money divorce settlements.
Legal experts say a divorce hearing before the High Court cites the case, Rossi v. Rossi, as a precedent for a bonus
claim.
The climate is so favourable to ex-wives that divorce lawyer Jeremy Levison advises bankers and hedge fund executives to avoid the altar. Prenuptial agreements offer little protection because British judges are not bound to follow them.
Husband's silence is affecting their marriage
I have a difficult problem and I need an outsider's help , as I wouldn't want friends or family to know. My husband is a very quiet man, and when I say quiet, I mean that he can go for days without having a conversation.
It doesn't seem to bother him, but it bothers me. We discussed this before we got married, and he said that he would open up but asked me not to push him. If I try to start a conversation, often I only get a shrug or a grunt in return.
This is affecting everything in our marriage. Our sex life is suffering because he doesn't talk to me all day and then just rolls over and wants sex. I don't feel loved or appreciated; it's like I am a piece of furniture that cooks, cleans, and takes care of the kids.
I am not happy and don't know how to make things better.
Britney spent romantic night with Isaac Cohen
Recently single Britney Spears doesn't seem too keen on staying single. Britney and Isaac Cohen spent the night together in the Hugh Hefner suite of a Las Vegas hotel on Saturday, it has been reported by UTC news.
The pair stayed in the Fantasy Tower wing of The Palms hotel, in the $40,000-a-night, two-storey Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, which has an 8ft rotating bed, a Jacuzzi, full bar and a glass elevator.
"They seem very happy together," a source said. Britney Spears and model-and-actor Isaac Cohen, both 25, were seen dancing and smoking cigarettes at gay nightclub 8 1/2 for about an hour before returning to their luxury suite.
Staff at The Palms refused to comment.
Last Saturday (06.01.07), the 'Toxic' singer and Isaac were seen together on a speedboat off the coast of Marina del Rey, in California, and they met up the next night at the Whiskey Blue bar of Westwood's W Hotel.
Divorced widow unsure of benefits from ex-husband
Dear Judy: In 1983, I was divorced after four children and 25 years of marriage. When I received the divorce decree, it stated that I give up all rights to my former husband's benefits of retirement. I never agreed to that, nor did I sign any such statement.
I will be 65 in September and have been receiving Social Security on my own record since turning 62. My former husband passed away in April 2005. He earned much more than I had during my working years.
Do you think I will be able to receive my former spouse's Social Security from his Social Security account? I am unmarried and can't afford an attorney, so I am hoping you can give me an idea of what I am up against. Thank you so much.
Answer: Call Social Security immediately and ask a representative to help you switch from your own retirement benefits to a benefit as a divorced widow's benefit, based on your deceased husband's Social Security record.
Divorce documents tell of brutal story
A Fairfield city councilman, accused of assault and domestic violence last week, repeatedly beat and abused his ex-wife throughout their 13-year marriage, she claimed in divorce documents filed in 2000.
The ex-wife of Councilman Frank Kardos said he choked her while she was pregnant, repeatedly spit in her face, threatened her life and threw hot coffee at her during their 13-year marriage.
The behavior began before their honeymoon and continued until their separation and even after their divorce, she said in a lengthy declaration included in the Solano County Superior Court records.
Kardos was arrested last weekend on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon by use of his hands and misdemeanor domestic violence on a former girlfriend. The District Attorney's Office will decide whether to file formal charges next week.
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