My ex-wife had even used another, extremely bad word instead of "person", without him daring to hold her responsible for this in court.
The husband married again, and on his return to Massachusetts, his ex-wife petitioned the Massachusetts court to adjudge him in contempt for failing to make payments for her separate support under the earlier Massachusetts decree.
This was because he had contacted with my ex-wife.
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At one polling situation, an old lady burst into tears and had to be consoled by myex-wifeafter she realised her mistake.
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That marriage took place a long time ago, there are no surviving children and myex-wifeearns her living as a barrister.
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For example, one of my constituents owns the house in which hisex-wifestill lives rent-free.
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Is he not doing it just to prevent theex-wifegetting more money?
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He and hisex-wifeagreed that, in our modern society, the child needed a bed of his own.
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For example, a father in my constituency bought a house for hisex-wifefollowing the marriage break-up.
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At which point myex-wifeand two sons wouldn't even be receiving my present payment of £80.
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He, hisex-wifeand their children will all suffer.
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When the parties are man andex-wife, they should be allowed to contract without the interference of any further legislation.
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Another question is whether anex-wifecomes into the matter.
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Is that a claim of theex-wifeon his estate?
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What particularly enrages him is that not one penny of that money has gone to hisex-wifeto support his son.
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In addition, he had left hisex-wifethe house that was their residence.
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It is quite idle and unreal to talk about protecting the financial position of theex-wife.
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He gave hisex-wifethe house, the contents and the main car, and she had custody of the children.
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