Family Law Faces Opposition From Muslim Organisations

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

Family Holidays A new family law code waiting to be adopted by Parliament is facing opposition from some Islamic groups who claim it goes against Islamic principles, particularly when it comes to proposed changes to the country’s marriage laws.
The new code aims to bring more equality between men and women in relation to marital status, [...]

Protecting Children’s Inheritance

Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

Family Holidays have three children. My will and my living trust state that everything goes to them. My son recently told me that he and his wife of eight years are separating. They are not getting a divorce. Is she entitled to half of my son’s inheritance when I pass away? My stocks and money [...]

Magic numbers

Posted on April 5th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

After covering the Babylonians, Greeks and Romans, Marcus du Sautoy introduces a cast of characters who seem to fulfil the layman’s expectations of mathematicians: madmen with cruel afflictions, odd personal habits and unhappy destinies, such as Niccolo Fontana of Brescia, known as Tartaglia. Having confected a formula for solving cubic equations, he was pursued, bribed [...]

Whose Business Will This Be

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

It is one of the toughest questions that parents who own businesses confront — how can they be equitable in their estate planning when one child works for the company but others don’t?
The answer: It isn’t easy. But the best way to preserve harmony and, possibly, the business is to communicate with family members and [...]

U.N. tells Saudis to tackle violence against women

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role in society and the workplace, the United Nations said on Thursday.
“The lack of written laws governing private life constitutes a major obstacle to women’s access to justice,” said Yakin [...]

He has gone home #151; Service full of fond memories

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

With millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide watching and listening live, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley was eulogized Saturday his red chair on the Conference Center dais empty and his casket resting in front of the pulpit handcrafted from a tree he planted decades ago.
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When a sons thoughts turn to murder

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

Dressed in a jacket, a faded sweatshirt and dark trousers recently bought for him by a friend, and wearing plastic-framed spectacles, Hills lowered his head slightly as he was sentenced to seven years in prison. It was the end of a disastrous period for him, during which, among many other troubles, he had attempted to [...]

President Hinckley remembered by family friends church leaders

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

With millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide watching and listening live, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley was eulogized Saturday his red chair on the Conference Center dais empty and his casket resting in front of the pulpit handcrafted from a tree he planted decades ago.
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Gay parents shouldnt face discrimination

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Health

In March 2000, I adopted my son, Yeager. Currently, my partner and I are in the process of having a second child. That child will not share the same rights as Yeager. Not even close.
In May 2000, the Utah Legislature passed an amendment to Utah’s [...]

McCain wins Florida primary

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. After a grueling month of campaigning that began in Iowa, Florida voters have finally anointed a Republican front-runner in the race for the White House.
Arizona Sen. John McCain now stands with an open road ahead moving into next week’s Super Tuesday [...]