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Sixty-minute marriage

Posted by John Roberts
John Roberts
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on Wednesday, 08 February 2012
in Family Law and Divorce

A court in the United Arab Emirates has witnessed what must be one of the shortest marriages in history, reports Emirates 24/7.

The judge presiding over the court in Ras Al Khaimah had complied with a request to solemnise the marriage of an 80-year-old man to a 20-year-old woman.

After spending only an hour in her new husband's home however, the woman came back to the courtroom and asked the same judge for a divorce.

She gave no reason for the request, but after gaining the husband's permission, the judge granted the divorce.

 

Divorce rate doubles for the over-50s

Posted by John Roberts
John Roberts
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on Friday, 21 October 2011
in Family Law and Divorce

A recent report from America has shown that divorce rates for the over-50 age group have more than doubled over the last thirty years, and is expected to keep rising, reports Ohio.com. 

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