Family law

A man in Istanbul has chosen the option of divorce after his wife gave him the ultimatum: It's either me or the dog. 

The novelist is being accused in a divorce case

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is set to examine the rising number of divorce cases in the country, which have gone up by 36.4 percent from 2001 to 2017.

Sterling forecasts are at their highest since Britons voted to leave the European Union, a Reuters poll found, partly as a result of optimism driven by progress in divorce talks and expectations of another interest rate rise next month.

The idea of ​​introducing an additional 4-month parental leave will be discussed on 15 March during the Bulgarian presidency of the Council of Europe, Nova TV reported. The change could become part of the better work-life balance directive.

The demand for paternity tests has increased by approximately three-fold in the last six years in Turkey, according to statements from private DNA testing clinics in the country.

The natural growth of Romania's population was a negative 8,019 in December 2017, as live births stood at 15,127 and the number of deaths was 23,146, shows data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The initiative aimed at eventually changing the completely anachronistic legislative framework for adoptions is a step in the right direction. 

The current legislative framework, which is extremely cumbersome and complicated, has led to years of delays for countless prospective adoptive parents and has also fueled unacceptable phenomena such as the illegal trade in infants. 

A bill being drafted by the Labor, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Ministry aims to speed up chronically slow and complex procedures for adoptions and improve transparency, creating comprehensive registers of adopted children and parents, Kathimerini understands. 

An Istanbul appeals court ruled for a couple’s divorce when a woman filed a lawsuit into her marriage, saying she was being subjected to rumors for having separate beds at home and that her husband was not giving her ‘pocket money.’