Modern American Families & Citizenship Laws

James Derek Mize and his husband, Jonathan Gregg, are Americans. The state department, however, says their daughter is not. This is due to her birth to a surrogate, with a donor egg and sperm from her British born father. Because of this, she did not qualify for citizenship when she...

A New Digital Privacy Law

A new data privacy law was passed, last year, in California. Privacy activists are campaigning against it. Activists dealt with legislators and business lobbyists to avoid a ballot action resulting in a stricter law. According to the new law, consumers have the right to know what information companies are gathering...

Millenial Divorce Trend

Young couples have a different perspective on marriage than baby boomers. They’re marrying later and for longer. Baby boomers are a generation characterised by a tendency to marry young, before continuing to alternate between getting married, and unmarried. Millennials and Generation X are more selective about their partner of choice....

Brangelina’s Single Status and Custody Battles

They seemed like the perfect couple. But now its all descended into typical divorce drama. Jolie filed for divorce from her now ex-husband, Brad Pitt. She did so in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. According to court documents, the pair separated on September 15, 2016. The split happened two years and...

Law & Order: Dick Wolf’s Divorce Drama

The creator of Law and Order has had his own legal drama… Dick Wolf’s second wife, Christine Marburg, lost an appeal claiming that financial information was kept from her when signing their divorce settlement. A California appeals court rejected Christina’s claim. She claimed that Wolf’s financial advisors, also the divorce...