Singapore's Divorce and Common Laws: A Case Study

There is a staggeringly large amount of divorces in the United States (US). In total, the US had a recorded total of 2,140,272 marriages in the year 2014 alone, and of those marriages, 813,862 ended up in divorce or annulment (Center for Disease Control). This means that as recently as 2014, there was a divorce rate of approximately 40%. This supports the statistics that the divorce rate for the US has stayed within 40-50% since the 1970’s (Austin Institute, 2014). While the numbers themselves are important, it is also important that the causes for the high divorce rate be explored, so that it can be known what pitfalls to avoid when participating in such an important union as marriage. There are many causes of divorce in the US such as conflicting gender roles, socioeconomic status, religious conflicts, physical abuse, emotional abuse, alcohol addictions, and many more (Amato & Previti, 2003). This paper will look at many of these reasons, but it will also focus on the differing reasons reported by men and women.

Eventually, however, John’s company stabilized and with that came fewer hours John needed to work, and with that came the stability of their household and marriage (Edelman 289). Edelman says that it has taken a lot for her to give up her dream of co-parenting, but that she has learned to live with the imbalance and inequality of duties in their household (Edelman 289).

John still feels as though he can relate with his brother on a new level of trust and respect. “But where was I? Who was I? How did I miss so much (Wideman 687)?” John admits to himself here that the situation with Robby had gotten so out of hand for him and his family most of the time they chose to look away. He has blocked so many wrongful actions from his mind that Robby’s “confession” made him realize all that he had been suppressing for years. John feels like a “hypocrite” because when the TV was stolen his father in law bought him and his wife a new one. With their homeowners insurance though they were refunded 100 dollars. Instead of giving it to his father in law he chose to keep it. When the truth came out his father in law was hurt and felt that John had manipulated the situation. Though this is a small mistake compared to Robby and his crimes,

The signing of the $5,000 deposit Check by both parties and the intent of sale evidenced by Sun Valley’s preparation and delivery of closing documents to Hoffman is a clear sign that the deal would have been closed. But if we were to base our argument on intent alone, then we would not be considering the being of the memorandum agreement in the first place.

When Sally and John have their brief affair, which both spouses are aware of, the first problem of unfaithfulness becomes on display. As the day goes on, the tensions generated by this situation grow more acute, culminating in a physical confrontation between Sam and John.

They went ahead to confirm their verbal agreement by paying an amount that partly makes them show desire to purchase the automobile. In return, with mutual understanding the salesman keeps the car and calls them to confirm if the purchase would be completed. A contract that is legally binding does exist here. There are factors in this scenarios that show a legally binding agreement is in existence.

Most contracts are valid despite the fact that they may be only oral. Dan was knowledgeable that Pat wanted to buy a home, which she was not financially qualified to purchase. Consequently, he offered to purchase the home and sell it to her, when she had the capital to do so. The statement of Don to Pat, “When you come up with the money, I will sell the home to you for $250,000, plus a fair commission to be determined”, and Pat’s search and identification of a suitable home, and Dan’s purchase supports each intent to be bound.

Sarah and John relationship issues have resulted in separation stemming from lack of communication, anxiety, isolation and disconnection resulting in a dysfunctional marriage. Their lack of interaction in their relationship and being unaware of each family members feeling and behavior has contributed to their marriage break down. John feels, Sarah does not pay attention to him since the kids were born. Sarah finds John irresponsible and that she needs to do look after the responsibility in the family otherwise it would not get done. Another hypothesis is that Sarah has experienced an unnatural death in her family by her father Max who committed suicide, which contributes to Sarah feelings that she was to blame for his

seems that John is very controlling and doesn't pay true attention to his wife. The illnesses of both the

John disregards the woman’s claim of sickness as a “temporary nervous depression- a slight hysterical tendency” (Gilman 655). His cure is for her to do nothing. Little by little he is taking away her freedom. He does not let her socialize or take care of her child. John ends the woman’s household duties by bringing in his sister, Jennie, to be the housekeeper. The woman is only allowed to lie down and eat lots of cod liver oil and tonics. When the woman asks John if he would take her away from the house, especially the wallpaper, he says that there is nothing wrong. He believes that her mind just has false and foolish fancies.

Forest and Olive Green have decided to obtain a dissolution of marriage, after twenty years of marriage. She and Mr. Green have already had several arguments concerning child support arrangements for their children Kelly Green, age 14, and Moss Green, age 10. Mrs. Green thinks that it would be best for the children if she and Mr. Green had joint custody of the children. Along with this, Mrs. Green wants to be able to receive child support from Mr. Green because due to her lack of job experience she thinks it is unlikely that she can find a job that will support herself and the children. Mr. Green who is a corporate executive who

The times were hard for women; "John does not know how much I really suffer." (p. 14). John also treats her more like his daughter than his wife; "and calls me a blessed little goose" (p. 15), helps to show how he does this he also read her to sleep as you would an infant. Finally the room which John chooses for him and his wife is the old nursery for the house. The bed is immovable, "it is nailed down (p 19). The windows are barred which gives it a setting of more like a prison or a mad house for the insane.

Verbal agreement: A verbal contract is when two parties agrees through spoken word, therefore bound by talking with each other also known as “verbal agreement”. This contract often happen between family and friends. On the other hand, it can also happened to business people who trust each other to agree to bind legally just by talking to each other.

The intention of both Jamie and Gina to act is made clear when Gina calls for tenders to build accommodation facilities at her mine site and Jamie submits a tender, this in itself is not sufficient enough to form a contract as no promises of exchange have been agreed to or accepted. At this point Jamie has made an offer to Gina indicating his intention in exchange for a consideration of money and Gina has indicated her intention, in exchange for goods and services.

Within this contract, lies a valid relationship. Neither the buyer nor the seller is under duress; they have not been coerced into this arrangement. They reach a conclusion of their own free will. Information is exchanged, not secret or hidden, both know what they are doing, or