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.
Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.
You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
When you're going through a divorce it's hard.
My parents are separated. My father left when I was six years old.
I had to divorce my husband, the prime minister. I found it terribly overwhelming.
My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.
Nobody wants to get divorced.
Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.
Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.
When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me. ... and no one showed up.
My father and my mother separated when I was two.
Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.
I think divorce doesn't necessarily bring out the best in people.
There's a really unique relationship between a single parent and their child. Marriages so easily break up. There's kind of this temporary deal about marriages. That's one of the things that makes it stressful, and that's something that's nonexistent in a parent-child relationship.
By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.
Anyone who's been through divorce will know that every day is really hard.
Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time.
I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.
I assumed I'd never be divorced.
When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.
Shakti' moves on various levels - love in Canada, feudalism in India and, above all, a mother's fierce fight against her father-in-law to wrest back custody of her child.
Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.
I was made to believe there was a plan in place for ending Donald's previous marriage. I pulled away because I wanted to allow him the time to deal with his wife.
