Actress Shiva Rose's divorce from fellow actor Dylan McDermott is taking a toll on the family home, reports contactmusic.com. Rose is unable to buy out McDermott's share of their Brentwood residence; consequently, they are selling the house.

Actually, that's one side of the story. A source told the New York Post that Rose is being forced to sell the home, while a statement released from Rose's camp said the two have agreed as a coupleto sell the house they shared for nine years.

Regardless, divorce is expensive. If you remember, McDermott filed after 11 years of marriage, stating he would represent himself in the divorce process. Perhaps he was attempting to save a few bucks?

With the country embroiled in a tainted-milk scandal, a Chinese woman is suing her husband for the right to breastfeed her son, and therefore prevent her husband from divorcing her.

What is as pure as mother’s milk, or as safe? That’s a question that even Confucius would have trouble debating. But a Chinese court will now have to.

The couple met online and married quickly, in September, 2007. Clearly they didn’t use eHarmony and didn’t know the perils and pitfalls of online dating.

Almost before they got to know each other, a baby was conceived. But while she was pregnant, she says, her husband took too many pregnant pauses. He was away for long stretches of time.

Once the son was born, her husband snatched the baby, telling her, “If you want to see your son, we have to divorce.”

She looked for her son, and finally found him after a frantic search — and with her breasts and temper engorged — at her husband’s sister’s house, and took him away. The victory was short-lived.

The husband went ahead and filed for divorce, but the court rejected his request because it ruled that when a child is still breastfeeding, a husband cannot file for divorce. Dripping with venom, the husband ignored the court’s ruling, rounded up a group of friends, and took the child away again, by force.

How dare he?

Now the wife is suing her husband to get the child back, and to breastfeed without interruption.

The court has yet to rule on this case. But your FWW scribes will keep you abreast of the situation as it unfolds.

Last week, we highlighted the story of a husband who threatened to divorce his ex-smoker wife if she lit up again; this week, cigars are the point of contention.

An otherwise happy Egyptian wife is divorcing her husband — and his stogie habit — reports Russian news source Novosti. The woman alleges that her partner refuses to smoke outside their home, and, consequently, she has developed a heavy allergy.

In her own words:

"My husband deliberately puts my life to danger. And I am not ready to sacrifice my life for the sake of love for him," she said.

She calls him "inflexible"; he calls her "inhumane":

"I am a draftsman engineer, and I often take additional work home to earn more money for my loved but ungrateful wife," he lamented.

Feels like everything's going up in smoke these days...

"Honey, I've got a headache" could take on a whole new meaning, say Italian researchers. According to expressindia.com, the burden of cheating brings about stress, which leads to a migraine, which can possibly lead to a life-threatening aneurysm.

The researchers studied hundreds of patients. Some of those who reported the worst headaches were also cheating on their spouses.

The funny thing: Instead of backing up the research with additional research material and stats or cautioning women of the signs that husbands may be straying, the President of the Italian Migraine Society, Lorenzo Pinessi, offers helpful tips for the migraine-prone, cheating husbands!

His advice for frazzled adulterers was to "take a time-out from the affair and have a brain scan."

And, according to him, headache-prone cheats should "avoid the Karma Sutra and stick to simple sexual intercourse" to limit pressure on the heart.

"The sexual position chosen can also have affect as the more physical the more pressure on the heart -- it is probably best to avoid positions where the male is on his feet," Pinessi said.

Right. Of course! Please, guys, stick to "simple sexual intercourse"...with your mistress.

An Indian woman's smoking has lead her husband to the brink of divorce, says The Times of India. In fact, after several attempts to quit, the woman's husband has taken matters into his own hands. Namely, the prospect of divorce without alimony.

The unnamed woman has given up smoking several times over the course of her two-year marriage, but nothing has stuck. Her husband has even "returned" her to her parents to detox; she came back to him six months later ready to remain nicotine free. Unfortunately, the woman's in-laws detected smoke in various areas of the house and found the incriminating evidence: cigarette butts.

This time around, her husband has submitted an affidavit pledging divorce, without any spousal support, should his wife light up again.

C'mon, now. You'd think she were shooting heroin the way her family is reacting. Were those cigarette butts or syringes they found strewn in the front lawn? I completely understand the desire for a happy, healthy spouse, but is issuing a legal doc against her "wayward ways" the right manner to do so?

How about picking up a patch or some gum first?

Jo Wood has tried everything to get her husband to come back. Her kids have intervened. So have friends. But maybe the thought of paying $90 million may finally make Ron Wood sober.

As we reported in July, The Rolling Stones star, 61, was having an affair with Russian cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, 20 who encouraged his drinking and offered freeflowing vodka among other vices. Finally, after countless pleas from his family, Wood agreed to go to rehab.

But now that he's out, he's out and about with Ivanova again and was just seen taking her out to a London restaurant.

Natually the London papers caught them. And now Wood's wife Jo, 53, is fuming mad. After 23 years of marriage, she has consulted with divorce lawyers.

Jo Wood told “The Daily Mail”: "We've been through too much together not to stay as friends whatever happens next. … Despite everything I still really care for Ronnie."

Sounding the way we hope all women going through divorce will sound, she said: "Everything is fine, and everything is going to be fine.”

And she admitted that after spending “so many years concentrating on Ronnie … suddenly I can now concentrate on me.” And if that weren’t enough, she said, the stress has made her drop a little weight.

As has benn reported, Wood's wife has played an integral part in his career, working as his executive assistant, holding a controlling stake in the couple's finances, and acting as his personal management assistant on a number of profitable deals. Jo also serves as a joint director of Rockyarch, a literary and artistic limited company Ron Wood incorporated in 1986, and is company secretary for his fine art publisher and gallery Scream Art.

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Canadian resident Gerald Moore says something's suspicious about his step-daughter's winning lottery ticket, namely, that it's his, says the Ottawa Citizen.

The 81-year-old claims his 59-year-old wife, Patricia Moore, medicated him to the point of incoherence, swiped a winning ticket off his nightstand and handed it off to her daughter, Bobbie-Jo. Shorty after, Patricia filed for divorce.

Gerald discovered his step-daughter was the recipient of $3.5 million when he read it in the newspaper. Hmmm...now that seems a bit suspect.

Patricia denies the allegations, stating that they all regularly play the lottery, and the winning stub was her daughter's. And what a generous daughter Patricia has: Bobbie-Jo gave her mother $1.5 million.

Patricia says Gerald's nine children are at the root of the allegations, looking to get their hands on the cash, and plans to counter-sue her husband for "character assassination."

Patricia and Gerald should take a lesson in civility from the Brititsh lottery winner who gave a portion to her ex.

Jenna Fischer's character on The Office, Pam, is artfully played by the actress: She is the girl next door; the relatable, dependable best friend. If she's not quite you, she's certainly someone you know. Pam may be on the verge of marriage on the award-winning show, but Fischer (photo right) has made it to the other side of marital woes and a divorce from her Hollywood filmmaker husband, James Gunn, says contactmusic.com.

The two divorced after a seven-year marriage in September 2007. Ready to move on — but smart enough to abstain from playing the rebound game — Fischer officially introduced her new man, writer Lee Kirk, at last Sunday's Emmy awards.

While Fischer is moving beyond divorce, her equivalent on the British Office might not be faring so well. Lucy Davis (photo left) played Dawn, on the equally, if not more, popular BBC production (in addition to a smaller part on the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, RIP).

Photogs caught the actress looking forlorn, a bit heavier than we're used to seeing her, and minus her wedding ring. The tabs' verdict? Must be marital turmoil, says The Daily Mail.

It's unfortunate that anyone's weight gains are pointed out so unabashedly, and conclusions are drawn so quickly, but it stings even more when that person is a likable, seemingly genuine individual. Or maybe we're just projecting Pam/Dawn on Lucy?

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A French bride's virginity lies at the center of a series of rulings and appeals, reports postcourieronline.com. The twentysomething Muslim woman told her suitor, a Muslim man in his thirties, that she was a virgin, but the truth was revealed on the wedding night.

After he found out, he promptly filed for an annulment, his lawyer referencing a French Civil Code that allows such action if a partner has misrepresented his/her "essential qualities."

State prosecutors argue that virginity does not fall under "essential qualities," and is, in fact, discriminatory. Says the article:

Making a wife's virginity a condition of marriage "would be discriminatory because it would harm the principles of equality between men and women, of free use of one's body and the dignity of the human being."

Hmmm...have to agree with this one.

Unfortunately, this isn't a groundbreaking case. European Muslim women have sought reconstructive hymen surgeries or "certificates of virginity" for decades. MSNBC profiled several surgeons who routinely perform the procedures on women who feel a marriage — or perhaps a life — is hinged upon their chastity.

Should the current judgment be overruled for the newlyweds, an annulment will no longer be an option, and the couple must file for divorce.

An Australian woman's split form her husband in Saudi Arabia has her trapped in the country, reports Arab News.

The woman, who is married to an Australian man, split from her husband while living in Saudi Arabia. Her husband proceeded to hide her passport and file for custody of the couple's children with a Saudi court. Consequently, she cannot leave the country or take her children elsewhere.

On top of a residency crisis, local police have reprimanded her for showing her face to neighbors.

Her husband has since gone into hiding and left her stranded. Australian officials and ambassadors have not been especially helpful to the woman, who could face arrest if her husband does in fact hold her residency papers, and "obtaining an exit visa may be difficult without her husband's permission," says the article.