Hammurabi Quotes

If a man be taken prisoner in war and there be no sustenance in his house and his wife go to another house and bear children; and if later her husband return and come to his home: then this wife shall return to her husband, but the children follow their father.

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.

If any one leave his house, run away, and then his wife go to another house, if then he return, and wishes to take his wife back: because he fled from his home and ran away, the wife of this runaway shall not return to her husband.

If a husband and wife be divorced, she shall have her own property that she came with to her husband, and the half of the income if it be from her own property

Divorce, which was once no more than tolerated out of necessity, if that, has now become a right. Everyone is now free to divorce as easily as is possible. Yet it cannot be said that divorce does not infringe upon the rights of others. The rights of children to be raised in a family environment are clearly damaged by divorce, but this is not deemed to be a serious enough infringement to limit the right of divorce

The children’s mother has no legal right to a voice in deciding w whether they shall be nursed; how or where educated; what trade or profession they shall adopt; in what form of religion they shall be instructed… If the father wishes the child to be left unvaccinated, the mother cannot legally have it done.

Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam to pay alimony to Eve, not Steve.

Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it's the hardest thing to share them. But we're trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives.

An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.

Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

I think people have had the understanding for many years that whatever happens with the separation of parents, that the kids automatically go to the mother. The fathers don't know their rights.

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same age as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

'Divorce Court' is a great show.

'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.

Every break-up is unique. But when there are children involved you don't know where to turn.

When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me. ... and no one showed up.

After a divorce, men's biggest fear is, typically, losing their children (women's is poverty).

Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.

I'm the only pro-life woman in the Senate. I take this issue very seriously. I'm the mother of two children.

I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going.

I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife.

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.