Rule 41 was passed by the High Court to encourage mediation Rule 41 was passed by the High Court to encourage mediation and not the immediate course of litigation, which adds adds pressure onto an already strained court system. Mediation is a round table discussion that can take place […]
Family Law And Divorce
A hunger strike reignites conversations about parental rights in Japan
A recent hunger strike by a French national near Tokyo’s National Stadium has rekindled controversy over Japan’s post-divorce parental authority system, drawing attention to his claim that his children have been “abducted” by his estranged Japanese wife. The story of Vincent Fichot, a long-term resident in Japan who says he […]
False impotency allegation ground for divorce: SC | India News
NEW DELHI: Making baseless and false allegations against one’s spouse regarding impotency of life partner amounts to cruelty and divorce can be granted on that ground, the Supreme Court has said and upheld a Delhi high court order allowing divorce on that ground. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao […]
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt lawyers face off over bid dump private judge
The long-delayed celebrity divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt entered a new stage of complications Friday when their big-name legal teams went before a California appellate court to argue about Jolie’s bid to dump their private judge and start over on their nearly five-year-old custody battle. There was no […]
Hiroshima doctor advocates for dual surname system
The Supreme Court issued a series of rulings in June that declared it constitutional for the Civil Code and other laws not to allow married couples to maintain separate family names. The rulings were in response to lawsuits and cases that contested the constitutionality of the single-surname rule. Izumi Onji, […]
Legal Tech Platform Hello Divorce Raises $2M in Seed Round Funding to Disrupt the Broken Divorce Process
OAKLAND, Calif., July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hello Divorce, the leading legal tech platform for affordable, less-stressful divorces, today announced a seed investment of $2 million led by disruptive tech investor CEAS, with additional funds coming from Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Gaingels, Jack Newton, CEO and Co-Founder of Clio, Lisa […]