Nancy was writing from personal experience (being a child of divorce, not the taking up with the bartender part), as was her co-writer Carroll Cartwright, who lived down the street from her when she lived in Santa Monica.

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Of course, anyone who doesn't have a will or has had a significant change in circumstances--a marriage, the birth of a first child, a divorce, a financial windfall, a change in state of residence--needs to act.

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For instance, if your prenup states no child support whatsoever will be paid in the event of a divorce, it is likely to be thrown out.

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And couples with a child who has been diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit disorder) are 22.7% more likely to divorce before their child turns eight than parents of a child without ADHD.

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The day John Edwards publicly admitted fathering a child by another woman, Elizabeth Edwards legally separated from him with the intention of filing for divorce at the end of a mandatory waiting period (in January 2011).

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Sadly, the taunts of "Who's Your Daddy" by Yankee fans to Pedro sound especially cruel in light of information supplied here by Kettman about Martinez's parents' divorce when he was a child and his subsequent guilt over their break-up.

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