There were some interesting news reports I came across this week in the CNN Law section. Here's a summary of them:

Husband kills wife's lover; wife charged

Basically in this one, the husband catches the wife in the arms of another man (in his truck no less). Thinking quickly she cries rape. It just so happens that the husband is carrying a gun (Afterall, its Texas… Isn’t everyone packing a piece?!). He shoots at the truck, killing the guy with a shot to the head. The jury acquits him and then proceeds to charge the wife with making a false report (about the rape of course) and manslaughter.

Only in America! LOL!

Ex still due alimony when she becomes he

A judge in Florida, USA, ruled against a man who was trying to void his divorce settlement because his ex-wife had a sex-change operation. His lawyers argued that since it was against the law for a man to marry a man, it should likewise be illegal for a man to pay alimony to a man!

In response, the judge ruled that in the eyes of the law, nothing changed significantly enough to free the man from his US$1,250 per month obligations.

Now, before you break out the Champaign and start celebrating, the judge went on to say that: Since the Florida courts have ruled that a sex-change surgery cannot legally change a person’s birth gender, the man was not technically paying alimony to a man.

I guess the judgement must have been bitter-sweet for her.. I mean, him.. I mean... erm… I'm confused! (Afterall, she/he gets to continue to receive money monthly, but it certainly isn’t anywhere close to being the kind of milestone that transsexuals the world over would’ve hope for!)