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Feb. 9, 2026

Tunnel of litigation: 7 gates of cultural divorce

For immigrant families, divorce is not just the end of a marriage but a confrontation between two systems of value--where attorneys must guide a passage through conflict, not toward victory, but resolution.

Tunnel of litigation: 7 gates of cultural divorce
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Divorce is not only a legal termination of marriage but a passage through a tunnel of transformation--legal, financial, psychological and cultural. For immigrant families, this tunnel becomes doubly complex. It is not merely the end of a relationship but the confrontation between two systems of value: the native culture that shaped expectations and the host culture that governs adjudication. Attorneys...

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