Many involve cases of Japanese nationals - married to non-Japanese nationals - who were divorced abroad taking their children back to Japan, despite joint custody rulings.

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She's a divorced mother of four who took the job back in 2003 to support her children.

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Anzor Tsarnaev recently moved back to Dagestan after he and his wife divorced.

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The company divorced from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts ( ESRX) only to get back together.

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It was impossible back then for anyone to imagine that a woman who was not divorced would choose a different name from her children.

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The pols not only made it easier for traditional "innocent spouses" (usually wives) to win relief, but also created a new procedure that allows the divorced and those who have been separated for at least a year to have back-tax liability split up, based on who earned what.

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