While officials say a new law has helped save marriages, the bigger challenge in the country’s demographic crisis is that fewer people are getting married in the first place.
Tag: Divorce, Separations and Annulments
April Ashley, London Socialite and Transgender Pioneer, Dies at 86
She modeled for Vogue, partied with John Lennon and Mick Jagger, and married into minor nobility, all while fighting for legal recognition of her gender.
In China, Abducting Children in a Bid to Gain Custody
For years, thousands of children in China have been taken and hidden. The practice rose along with the nation’s divorce rate. A new law aims to curb the practice.
China Tried to Slow Divorces by Making Couples Wait. Instead, They Rushed.
A new rule requiring a cooling-off period before a divorce could be granted led to an outcry, as well as a surge of applications to beat the deadline.
Husband Must Pay Wife $7,700 for Years of Housework, Chinese Court Rules
Some in China hailed the divorce court case as a breakthrough, but many noted that full-time nannies are paid far more.
It’s Mother vs. Son in Britain’s Priciest Divorce War
Tatiana Akhmedova is trying to recoup part of a $615 million judgment owed by her ex-husband by suing her elder child, who she says has been shielding his father’s assets.
U.A.E. Changes Laws to Attract Foreign Tourists and Investment
The United Arab Emirates is abolishing lenient sentences for so-called honor killings, loosening alcohol restrictions and lessening the sway of Islamic law over foreigners.
Her Husband Abused Her. But Getting a Divorce Was an Ordeal.
A graphic video of a husband beating his wife has shocked China, shedding light on the prevalence of domestic violence and the difficulties of obtaining a divorce.
Of ‘Covidivorces’ and ‘Coronababies’: Life During a Lockdown
Across the world, the pandemic is radically altering approaches to love, dating, sex and family relations.
Stuck With an Ex-Husband’s Debt, a Journalist Fights for Divorced Women
Li Xiuping, a reporter for a state-run newspaper, has helped organize an online coalition trying to change China’s marriage laws.