Maine Divorce Law Blog

Women with Advanced Degrees More Likely To Get Divorced

The Wall Street Journal reports that Women M.B.A.s are twice as likely to divorce as are their male counterparts.  To a lesser degree, the same thing applies for women with law or medical degrees.

I suppose that it’s not surprising that advanced degrees prompt more divorces.  After all, more intense and stressful work — especially in careers that demand lots of overtime — is bound to be make things more difficult at home. 

So watch out women — a professional degree appears to be very hazardous to your marriage!

Dovorce YouTube Style

It’s all over the Internet.  You know what I’m talking about: that YouTube video by Tricia Walsh Smith who is being divorced by her older husband.  In the video Smith announces that they’ve never had sex, despite the fact that she found his stashes of prono, viagra and condoms.

Still — posting it on YouTube?  Is nothing private?

 

Real Estate Market Forces Divorced Couples To Stay Together

Now there’s a frightening thought.  You want to get divorced but because the real estate market is so bad, you’re forced to continue to live with your spouse during your divorce because you can’t afford to move on until the house sells. 

Here is an article dealing with this issue.

Could this be your situation?

Bad Real Estate Market Forces Divorced Couples To Stay In Same Home

Now there’s a frightening thought.  You want to get divorced but because the real estate market is so bad, you’re forced to continue to live with your spouse during your divorce because you can’t afford to move on until the house sells. 

Here is an article dealing with this issue.

Could this be your situation?

Can Baseball Save Your Marriage?

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Forced Incrimation By Password

The Washington Post has an interesting article today about a Vermont man having suspected child pornography on his computer.  The government wants the court to order the man to type his password into the computer to unlock files they suspect contain porn.   

The man claims that doing so would constitute self-incrimination. The judge has ruled that he doesn’t have to give his password.

"If [he] does know the password, he would be faced with the forbidden trilemma: incriminate himself, lie under oath, or find himself in contempt of court," the judge said.  The government has appealed.

Does the Fifth Amendment prevent this type of intrusion?  What do you think?

Maine Divorce Law Blog Is Tops

This blog was recently featured as one of the top family law blogs on-line by the website prenuptialagreement.org.  Check it out here.

It’s an honor to be mentioned with the other highly informative sites!

 

Never Too Young For The Pill

My hometown of Portland, Maine is getting some national ink because of a decision by the School Board yesteday that allows the birth control pill to be distributed to in a local Middle School. 

This means that girls in the 6 – 8 grades, typically 11 to 15 years old, will be offered a complete range of contraceptives, including the pill, patches or injections, and the morning-after pill.  The school had already been providing condoms.

The full article in the Portland Press Herald is here.

What do you think about this?

Top 10 Divorce Myths

Ouch.  Read carefully.

Husband Charged With Rape of Wife

This is a crime that you don’t see pressed very often — but one that probably occurs much more frequently than reported.

A man in Maine was charged with raping his wife last week.  The wife kept a journal of other assaults and says that she has suffered abuse for a long period of time.

The husband denies the charges.