Global Family Law Services
People like to talk about principle. Clients will often walk through our doors and say that “the principle is worth fighting for, regardless of the cost.” And some principles really are worth fighting for. But is this always true? Does principle always outweigh the cost? Consider same-sex marriage. People have all sorts of principles that make them either for or…
At the beginning of this month Elizabeth Hurley filed for divorce from her husband of four years, Indian businessman and textile heir Arun Nayar. While she claimed the divorce was caused by Nayar’s “unreasonable behavior,” her own behavior made headlines several months prior when the tabloids broke the news of her infidelity with the also married Australian cricket player Shane…
On September 21, 1996 President Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA.”) The DOMA is short – its effective sections contain fewer than 150 words. Yet those few words make a monumental impact on the lives of millions of United States citizens. First, the DOMA defines a “marriage” as a legal union between one man and…