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Published: 06/9/10

Gore Family Divorce Drama: Are Splits Contagious?

By  Katie Drummond - Politics Daily
Gore Family Divorce Drama: Are Splits Contagious?

Only one week after word leaked of Al and Tipper's plans to split, the Gore's eldest daughter is making news for her own looming divorce. The inconvenient timing is enough to leave Surge Desk asking: Is divorce contagious? All research points to "maybe" -- but the Gore family's double-split is likely much more complicated than the simple transmission of irreconcilable differences. People magazine is reporting that Karenna Gore Schiff, 36, and her husband, Drew, have been separated for several months. The couple, who've been married for 12 years, apparently participated in counseling before ...

Published: 11/20/09

The Downside for Female Breadwinners: Losing Your Kids

By  Bonnie Erbé - Politics Daily
The Downside for Female Breadwinners:  Losing Your Kids

A fascinating article in Working Mother magazine spans the quickly shifting landscape of primary custody battles in divorce cases. Working women, the piece points out, are in the midst of a watershed tradeoff -- as they advance in numbers as family breadwinners, they are losing primary custody of children in divorce cases. More women are losing primary custody because one in four married women now out-earns her husband -- a tidbit not all women will view as advancement. These working women are spending more time at work than at home, and judges are noticing. The sad part is that much of the ...

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