The USA Today discussed yesterday how divorce lawyers are using Facebook and data from World of Warcraft for evidence in divorce cases:
Facebook is the unrivaled leader for turning virtual reality into real-life divorce drama. Sixty-six percent of the lawyers surveyed [by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers] cited Facebook indiscretions as the source [...]

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You’re more likely to get divorced if your friends and family get divorced.
That’s what a new study says about the effect of social networks on divorce rates. The researches explained:
We find that divorce can spread between friends, siblings, and coworkers, and there are clusters of divorcees that extend two degrees of separation in [...]

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Anneli Rufus had an interesting article at the Daily Beast about things that make it more likely a couple will get divorced.
You’re more likely to get divorced if…
You’re gay.
If you’re in a male same-sex marriage, it’s 50 percent more likely to end in divorce than a heterosexual marriage. If [...]

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To get divorced in Georgia, you have to meet the residency requirements. You’re a Georgia resident if

You’ve lived in Georgia for the past six months.
You’re getting divorced from someone else who’s lived in Georgia for the past six months.

Those six months are measured from the time you file the divorce. So if you’ve moved from [...]

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Ethan Trex, a sports and business writer, made a list at CNN of 10 bizzare divorce settlements.
Here’s my favorite, about a divorce where they split their house, literally:
Cambodian couple Moeun Sarim and Vat Navy had been married for 18 years when they decided to part ways last year. Husband Moeun accused his wife [...]

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