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...stayed behind in Modesto; many had the impression that she was a near invalid. But an acquaintance who has known Carolyn Condit for decades told TIME that despite some health problems, she is a vivacious woman. (She has often made appearances on the Modesto political circuit in her husband's stead.) "She was always out there," the acquaintance says. "Even if he wasn't there, she was there...
When it comes to marriage, I'm like that kid in The Sixth Sense. Everywhere I look, I see wedded people. But when I gaze upon newlyweds, I don't see hearts and flowers; I see law firms banging out contracts in an effort to inoculate both husband and wife against the death of love and the inevitable pain, greed and bad behavior that follow. According to Arlene Dubin, a divorce lawyer in New York City and author of Prenups for Lovers, about 20% of marrying couples pursue prenuptial agreements, outlining everything from how assets should be divided in case...
...most often pursue postnups do so as the result of a major change in their financial picture, such as the arrival of an inheritance. With more couples blending families, a postnup can mandate that a mother's assets pass directly to her biological children, not the stepkids. Or a husband can cap the total amount his wife would receive from his business assets in case of divorce. Postnups can also protect one spouse from financial obligations flowing from a legal judgment against the other's business...
...Cung is fourth generation on this island. She's a Confucianist, she says, and counts among her friends numerous Bugis and Buton people originally from Sulawesi. She lives now in the house she shared with her husband until he died a decade ago. It's big and sturdy, all faded wood except for the stone porch. She still grows pineapples and cassavas out back; she may be old but she has to work or she feels weak. Her husband, Ji Chiu, was first generation. He came to work the tin mines, a "sold piglet," as they were called, since they...
...autobiography, Personal History, Graham wrote frankly of her insecurity. It was the kind of insecurity bred in women of her time, an insecurity that became a liability when her husband, Phil Graham, committed suicide, leaving the Post adrift—or so Graham initially thought...