Divorce

Divorced Briton confesses to killing his children in France

21 May 2013

A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed to killing his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyons. The bodies of a...

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Beijing or Hong Kong - where is best to divorce?

16 Apr 2013

It is now very common to see families in which mum lives with the children on the mainland while dad works most of the time in Hong Kong, or the other way round. Spouses will often have permanent...

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How post-divorce families can get along

9 Apr 2013

I have been divorced for four years and now plan to marry my girlfriend of two years. But my daughter, 16, might move to Hong Kong. Her mother in Britain has threatened several times to send her...

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The man who gave birth to confusion

3 Apr 2013

Thomas Beatie was seeking a divorce from his wife, Nancy, and a decision on the custody of their three children. But the problem was Thomas Beatie was born a woman - Tracy Lehuanani Lagondino - in...

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Corporate structure comes in play when love boat hits rocks

27 Mar 2013

What assets are at risk in divorce? Do they include company assets?

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Divorced wife gets extra HK$140.4m

26 Mar 2013

Otto Poon Lok-to's former wife Kay Kan Lai-kwan, 73, was originally awarded HK$432 million by former High Court deputy judge Ian Carlson in her ancillary relief application. Dissatisfied with the...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Legal experts warn against divorces to avoid property tax

Authorities in several cities in China have noticed a rising number of couples filing for divorce this month after China’s State Council announced on February 20th it would introduce a 20 per cent...

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Til second home do us part

We’ve all been watching with fascination as events unfold at Li Ka-shing’s foray into hotel room sales at Apex Horizon in sunny Kwai Chung, as investors try to evade the new stamp duty.

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How a new tax breaks up marriages on the mainland

Mainland couples are flocking to divorce to avoid a new property sales tax imposed by the government, after it left open a loophole for those who end their marriages.

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Using technology to manage divorce

I commend you for publishing details on how technology can help co-parenting within divorced or separated families for the benefit of the children involved. The article cites Google Calendar,...

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COURTS

'Crazy English' guru's wife Kim Lee granted 12m yuan in divorce

The divorce proceedings lasted more than a year, and the Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing also awarded Lee an additional 50,000 yuan for mental anguish she endured in the abusive...

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RELATIONSHIPS

Relationships: routines after separation

Young children don't like change, especially at times of uncertainty and major upheaval in their lives - they want and need all the routines for them to feel safe.

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