Disorder caused by divorce-promoting billboard

A billboard in Chicago which promoted divorce has been removed by workers in the US city just one week after it was displayed.

The sign, which depicted a partially clothed man and women and proclaimed "Life's short. Get a divorce", had been commissioned by local lawyers Corri Fetman and Kelly Garland in a bid to endorse their law firm.

However, the billboard's message did not sit well with Chicago's residents and workforce, who decided to take action and remove the offensive advertising, the Associated Press reports.

City Alderman Burton Natarus blamed a technical issue for the removal of the billboard. He said: "I called the building inspector and told him to do his job and he did.

"It has nothing to do with content or anything else. They did not have a permit and they were ordered to take it down."

Nevertheless, a plethora of complaints were voiced by locals and lawyers alike about the poster.

Fetman and Garland commented: "They ripped our billboard down without due process,'' while Fetman added: "We own that art. I feel violated."