Divorce Blog

American Idol 5th season runner-up Katharine McPhee decided to end her marriage after six years with her husband Nick Cokas, a report by the Daily Mail revealed on May 22. According to the article, McPhee’s publicist stated that the couple continues to have a positive relationship, and they will remain friends despite their marriage dissolution. The publicist also said the couple wishes to maintain […]

A study of data collected from 2,717 older couples revealed the risk of divorce is higher when the wife, not the husband, becomes chronically ill, livescience reported on May 1. The study, which involved data on marriages over the course of 20 years, concluded that married couples whose wives suffered from serious illnesses were at higher risk […]

A divorce settlement between Eliot Spitzer and his ex-wife Silda Wall Spitzer has mandated the former New York governor to pay his wife $7.5 million. Silda will also receive $240,000 every year until her death, $100,000 for her charity donations, a new car every five years, the family’s Fifth Avenue residence, and entertainment expenses. The couple was married […]

A study conducted by a doctoral student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism found that using Twitter may increase the likelihood of divorce. Russell Clayton conducted a survey among 581 Twitter users and found that people who regularly browse the Twitter news feed, tweet, respond to tweets, and send messages to other Twitter […]

Singer Richard Marx has announced that he is now in the process of divorcing his wife Cynthia Rhodes, Fox News reported on Saturday, April 5. According to the report, the ‘Right Here Waiting’ singer opened up about the divorce during his Friday appearance on “Katie.” Richard met ‘Dirty Dancing’ star Cynthia in 1983, and the […]

An online report released Wednesday, February 26 revealed that New Jersey has the lowest divorce rate in the country. A study conducted by the Bowling Green’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research found  that the country has a divorce rate of 31.1 for every 1,000 women, which is considered the lowest divorce statistic since […]

An online report published by Bloomberg News on Tuesday, February 18 revealed that a higher divorce rate in the country is indicative of a favorable economy. Moody’s Analytics Inc. chief economist Mark Zandi believes the number of couples deciding to get a divorce is expected to increase robustly as the economy gets better. Professor Abdur Chowdhurry […]

The famous ‘70s musical duo Captain and Tennille has filed for a divorce, Reuters revealed Wednesday, January 22. The report said a court clerk from Arizona confirmed the news about the divorce, stating that the couple already filed their divorce papers in Prescott, AZ on January 16. Daryl Dragon, 71, and Toni Tennille, 73, wed […]

Actress Hillary Duff and ex-hockey player Mike Comrie have separated, an online report from Time Entertainment revealed Friday, January 11. Duff and Comrie had undergone couples therapy before mutually deciding to break up. Duff’s close friend revealed in an interview that both plan to co-parent their 21-month-old boy named Luca Cruz, and that both will remain […]

“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson said that although great things have come from the show, its pressure caused her marriage to collapse. She stated that her participation in the show had a lot to do with her divorce from Donn Gunvalson, saying that the show had put “too much pressure on a […]