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- 41: The Dissolution Of Marriage
- The Dissolution of Marriage There are three family Law Act processes that cover the ending of marriages, they are:- 1. Decrees of divorce, which is the Dissolution of marriage 2. Decrees of nullity 3. The declarations for validity of marriage While today I shall be talking about the first one I said, The dissolution of marriage, which is ... the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 (Cth). As this is the principle of "No Fault" where neither partner can be blamed for the causing of the breakdown in a marriage. And so the only ground for divorce is to prove that your marriage has ended (which is an irretrievable breakdown) and this is done by living separately for at least 12 months. If you happen to try to live as husband and ... the Child Support Act 1988 (Cth). The effectiveness of spouses using the Family Court to settle disputes arising from the dissolution of marriage can be very beneficial as it has a simplified procedure in which divorce can be obtained, it reduces the cost of divorce and upholds the dignity of the parties involved through private hearings, it is more effective to enforce 'residence' and 'contact' orders, and it has the ' ...
- 42: So Close, So Far... Neglected
- ... than eighteen years (Van Stolk 146). Rich kids, middle-class kids, poor kids - all deal with risk and neglect on a scale unimagined in previous generations (Hewitt 11). There are problems of poverty, absentee parents, divorce, violence and drugs, plus much more that is simply out of hand. Deprivation and rejection dominate the lives of many children, among both poor and middle-class. We cannot ensure the safety of children on ... educational front, the news is even more disturbing, since underachievement and failure are now very popular. Something else that contributes to child neglect is a fast rate of family breakdown. This is an effect of divorce and rapid increase in single parent pregnancies. Couples marrying today face an even higher chance of divorcing at some point during their lives together. A family s deterioration can come about in ways other than separation (Wilson 50). Staying together, in certain conditions and situations may increase further economical or psychological problems that may affect the child. Social attitudes today are scarcely more tolerant. With the ratio of one divorce in four marriages moving towards one in three, we have been forced to look beyond those unexamined assumptions to asses realistically the changing role and changing needs of the family in Canadian society (Canadian ...
- 43: Interpersonal Communication In
- Throughout the last half of the century, our society has watched the divorce rate of married couples skyrocket to numbers previously not seen in the past. Although the eighties had experienced a slight decline in divorce rates, “half of first marriages still were expected to dissolve before death.” (Stacy, 15, 1991) Whatever happened to that meaningful exchange of wordsw, “until death do us part,” uttered by the bride and groom to each other on their wedding day? What could have been the cause of such inflated divorce rates? Perhaps young married couples are not mature enough to be engaged in such a trremendous responsibility, or, maybe, the couples really do not know each other as well as they thought. Possibly, they ...
- 44: A Man For All Seasons 3
- ... because she had already failed so many times, so he wanted to have a child with Anne Boylen, but he couldn t because he was already married to Catherine. Therefore, he wanted the Pope to divorce him and Catherine also, for State reasons. When Sir Thomas didn t agree with the divorce, many people turned away from him. His wife, Lady Alice, begged Sir Thomas to agree with the King, just to make life simpler, but Thomas refused. He believed the he wouldn t go to Heaven ... Wolsey s. Wolsey is old with a big decayed body. Wolsey asks for Sir Thomas s help. The King wants a son and Catherine cannot get him one. He wants the King to get a divorce for State reasons. Sir Thomas doesn t agree, so Wolsey says he was an enemy in him, until he comes down to earth. In Scene 3, Sir Thomas is looking for a boat, and ...
- 45: Women In Iran
- ... the marriages administered in foreign countries unless they are endorsed by Iranian embassies, consulates, or the rituals are repeated in Iran. The consequences are: · If an Iranian married couple immigrate to a foreign country and divorce according to the laws of that country, the divorce is not legitimate for the woman. The process must be repeated in the Islamic embassy or the consulate. If each of the spouses remarries separately after the divorce in the overseas country and travels to Iran, the wife could be arrested and tried for committing adultery. The punishment for adultery is burying the woman in the ground and stoning her to death. ...
- 46: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... working nights at a mine. On July 13, 1819, Baby Doe's baby boy was stillborn. After the death of his son, Harvey was a greatly absent husband. Though hesitant, Baby Doe finally decided to divorce him. She then moved to Leadville. Here, Baby met Horace A. W. Tabor who was, at that time, worth eight million dollars. With his first wife, Agusta Pierce, he had struck his first fortune in a silver mine. He was able to make much more money with buying and selling of mines and investments. Therefore, Agusta left him, but did not divorce him, when he started living lavishly and spending his fortune carelessly. Then Mr. Tabor met Baby Doe. She agreed to move into a suite at the Clarendon. Baby Doe became his mistress almost overnight. She ... When Tabor decided to build a million dollar Opera house, Baby Doe supported him and Augusta ridiculed him. After the success of the Tabor Grand Opera House, Horace asked Agusta to agree to get a divorce. Instead, she got lawyers and tried to get him to give her half of everything he owned. Baby was anxious to be married and Horace wanted to clear up all of this before the ...
- 47: A Man For All Seasons
- ... because she had already failed so many times, so he wanted to have a child with Anne Boylen, but he couldn’t because he was already married to Catherine. Therefore, he wanted the Pope to divorce him and Catherine also, for “State reasons.” When Sir Thomas didn’t agree with the divorce, many people turned away from him. His wife, Lady Alice, begged Sir Thomas to agree with the King, just to make life simpler, but Thomas refused. He believed the he wouldn’t go to Heaven ... Wolsey’s. Wolsey is old with a big decayed body. Wolsey asks for Sir Thomas’s help. The King wants a son and Catherine cannot get him one. He wants the King to get a divorce for “State reasons.” Sir Thomas doesn’t agree, so Wolsey says he was an enemy in him, until he “comes down to earth.” In Scene 3, Sir Thomas is looking for a boat, and ...
- 48: Princess Diana
- ... battle over the children. This was very disruptive to the four children. After the legal battle their father eventually received custody due to his title and nobility. Diana’s mother remarried one month after the divorce was settled to Peter Shand Kydd. The trauma of divorce may have been the cause of what led to Diana’s eating disorders of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Diana’s oldest sister, Sarah, also suffered the same eating disorders. These diseases are linked to mother ... in August of 1996. They both shared in the upbringing of their sons. Diana was to be referred to as Diana, Princess of Wales. She was stripped of her "Her Royal Highness" title after the divorce became official (British Royal Gov. website). Diana would still appear with the Royal family on certain occasions. She received an estimated 17 million settlement (Morton 252). After the divorce Diana felt freer and also ...
- 49: Everyone in A Man For All Seasons is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
- ... of pragmatism and is willing to do anything, providing the end sees him satisfied. "…our job as administrators is to make it as convenient as we can," Cromwell states in reference to the King's divorce and the pursuit of More's support. He is "…the King's ear," and is thus responsible for all the menial tasks which the King would otherwise have to perform, including seeing to it that ... visit cardinal Wolsey, Cromwell ‘magically' appears as More is on his way home. He asks of More, "You left him…in his laughing mood, I hope?" This was Cromwell's method of establishing whether the divorce had been discussed between More and the Cardinal that evening. For if it was, there was no way the Cardinal could be in any sort of "…laughing mood." One thing Cromwell fails to realise is ... human beings. Another skill which Cromwell possesses is that of being able to easily sense the weaknesses of others. He can clearly see that More is facing a huge problem with the technicalities of the divorce. He knows that, "The trouble is, his innocence is tangled in the proposition that you can't change your woman….unless the Pope says so." He continuously endeavours to find out how easily More ...
- 50: Mediation
- ... figures, police, for example. Resolutions Northwest, as well as similar programs, deal with disputes ranging from those between neighbors to coworkers, friends and family members. Living in this day and age, we all know that divorce is becoming much more commonplace. However, divorce is still as painful, tiresome and costly a procedure as it was a decades ago. No divorce is more complicated than one with children involved. "There’s a lot of momentum toward mediation around the country," agrees William J. Howe, a Portland attorney and chairman of Oregon’s Task Force on ...
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