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Where is the happiest place on earth? In an effort to answer this question, Adrian G. White, University of Leicester developed the first published map of world happiness. He used responses from over 80,000 people about their subjective well-being as well as other sources to put together this map. The happiest country in the world […]

Dallas star Victoria Principal and her husband, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Harry Glassman, have finalized their divorce, agreeing to split more than $50 million in assets and setting aside a pre-nuptial agreement that had been an issue in the case. Court papers were filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, but because of a confidentiality agreement they […]

An earlier post, South Dakota Governor Expected to Sign HB 1215, The Women’s Health and Human Life Protection Act, prompted requests for additional information. In this post, I identity sources of legislative history for HB 1215. The bill’s legislative history (notwithstanding Justice Scalia’s disdain) will play a crucial role in the litigation strategy of the […]

Few court rooms are as emotionally charged as a Family Court where a custody battle is being fought, lost on one side and won on the other; after all where there is a winner there is bound to be the other party who loses. Explaining the procedure to clients in as intricate details as possible […]

Living through a broken down marriage is nightmare enough but it sadly does not end there. What follows after the dreaded ‘D’ word depends on the personal circumstances of each couple and the jurisdiction in which they reside. In most cases however deciding how to ‘divvy up’ the marital assets, who gets what, who takes […]