May 2025 Global Roundup
- Lesley Friedland and the FamilyKind Team
- May 28
- 2 min read
Recent family related news included a look at prenuptial agreements, along with a lawyer’s clarion call to better protect abused children from further harm. We also learned that in the United States fathers are now spending more time with their children than they did before COVID. Meanwhile, in India, one woman is inspiring others to leave unhealthy marriages.
Nuptial Agreements: A Risk Management Love Song For The Family Farm
Pam Caraway, Farm Progress, April 25, 2025
According to Illinois-based attorney Cari Rincker, nuptial agreements can be a romantic tool for farm couples, ensuring financial security and empowering both partners in their marital journey. Rincker shares that: “A good prenuptial agreement should absolutely protect both parties.”
A Great Leap Forward For American Fathers
Jessica Grose, The New York Times, April 30, 2025
American dads are currently spending more time with their children than they were pre-Covid. Misty Heggeness, the co-director of the Kansas Population Center at the University of Kansas, found dads are working fewer hours and replacing leisure time with child care.
How Can We Hear The ‘Unheard’ When Small Children Allege Abuse?
Patricia Fersch, Forbes, May 8, 2025
With no physical evidence, and the child as the only reporting witness, abuse cases are difficult to prove especially if the alleged abuser makes claims against the other parent of parental alienation or trying to gain a custodial advantage in a child custody dispute. The author stressed that the issue we should be focusing on is to stop the abuse from occurring, if it is occurring. Ms. Fersch asked: “Is justice for the child served by seeking to criminally punish the alleged abuser forcing the child to testify against a parent who they may actually love?”
Divorce Is Not A Dirty Word
Dear Daughter Series, BBC, May 9, 2025
When Vandana’s marriage ended, she felt stigmatized and outcast. After a long and turbulent legal process, she retained a divorce lawyer and set up a group for others who felt unable to talk about the breakdown of their marriages. Vandana has since remarried, has twin sons and she wants to tell the daughters of India that they have choices; no-one needs to stay in a bad marriage.
Without A Prenup, David Geffen’s Divorce Could Get Interesting
Jesse McKinley, The New York Times, May 22, 2025
David Geffen and David Armstrong did not have a pre-nup agreement and are divorcing after a two-year marriage. Susan Myres, a family law specialist in Houston and a former president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, said that some couples were reluctant to make such an agreement because of the message it could send. “One reason he [Geffen] might not have insisted on one is he didn’t want his husband to think he didn’t trust him,” Ms. Myres said. “That is a huge trigger for a lot of people: ‘You’re planning our divorce!’”
These articles highlight the evolving perspectives on love, family, and legal protections in relationships. From nuptial agreements as tools for empowerment on the family farm, to the shifting roles of fathers and the complex realities of child custody and divorce. For researchers and writers analyzing these shifts, manuscript help USA can be essential in developing well-structured, insightful content. It’s important that such sensitive and impactful topics are presented with clarity.