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The Model and the Millionaire do Divorce Celebrity Style

Posted on August 28, 2010
Friends were stunned when the model Stephanie Seymour and the millionaire many times over Peter Brant were married without a prenuptial agreement, according to a recent article in the New York Times. Donald Trump was among those surprised when the two married without a prenup...

Elin Nordegren talks about divorce from Tiger Woods

Posted on August 27, 2010
Elin Nordegren has granted an interview to People magazine, to talk about her recently finalized divorce from her now ex-husband, golfer Tiger Woods. As Tiger?s golf game suffers under what could be the stress of the divorce, Elin shared some of her experience in the interview that has the whole world listening to the story of [...

Tiger Woods? Divorce Causing Poor Play?

Posted on August 24, 2010
It?s no secret that Tiger Woods life took a sudden and abrupt down turn after late night one-car accident unraveled his alleged string of illicit affairs. There was much speculation on how this would affect his golf game, and after a strong first outing back, he has been on a downward slide which has included [...

Is Fighting The Key to a Happy Marriage?

Posted on August 23, 2010
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal explains research which seems to indicate that it isn?t if a couple fights, but rather how the couple fights which determines if the relationship is going well. Some of the factors that can help gauge if your fights are healthy include, where, when, the tone and what [...

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Divorce Insurance for the Matrimonially Unsure

Posted on August 21, 2010
For the latest piece of evidence that the world is an increasingly cynical case, there?s now an insurance option for those who are not convinced that their vows will stick: divorce insurance. The product, called WedLock, comes from SafeGuard Guaranty Corp...

Governor Paterson Signs New York No-Fault Divorce Bill

Posted on August 19, 2010
New York has passed a no-fault divorce law, which will enable couples to divorce without assigning blame to either member of the failed couple, according to Bloomberg. The law will, in the eyes of its supporters, cut down on long, painful divorce battles played out in courts, costing the participants a lot of money and heartache...

Unhappily Married Ever After

Posted on August 17, 2010
There is a new trend among married couples, separated but not divorced. A recent article in the New York Times describes how failing marriages are staying separated, sometimes by choice, others by their own stubbornness. Family law differs from state to state, but for the most part, regardless of how long the couple stays separated, [...

Celebrity Divorce News Round-Up

Posted on August 16, 2010
This week?s celebrity divorce news round-up features the full slate of love and scandal that we have come to expect from the headline-grabbers and gossip column characters. Among the stories, a TV psychologist finds new love quickly on the heels of a divorce, a songstress denies breaking up another marriage, and an on-again, off-again Hollywood marriage [...

Solo Cruise Travelers a Sign of Divorce?

Posted on August 13, 2010
People are now traveling on vacations on their own more often than ever, as much as 25% of all Americans, according to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune. For these solo travelers, some of the most frustrating words they can encounter while planning a vacation is ?based on double occupancy?...

The Challenges for Families with Autistic Children

Posted on August 12, 2010
The impact of autism on families is a much-debated topic. A recent article in the L.A. Times takes on just this subject, exploring what stages of raising an autistic child bring the highest risk for divorce. Recent studies have found, according to the article, that the risk of divorce among families raising autistic children is significantly [...

Who Gets Fluffy in the Divorce?

Posted on August 06, 2010
There is plenty of precedent when it comes to custody battles over children of a divorce, but a new type of custody battle is on the horizon for many divorcing couples: pet custody. Increasingly, the question is arising as to how to treat a pet when both sides of the couple have emotional attachments to that [...

Heidi Montag Files for Divorce, Speidi Could Actually be Done

Posted on August 04, 2010
It looks like the Speidi divorce could be real, as Heidi Montag has filed for divorce from her fellow reality star and husband, Spencer Pratt. Montag and Pratt, two pseudo-celebrities who made names for themselves on the pseudo-reality show The Hills, have been known to do strange things for attention...

Tiki Barber?s Affairs Cost him Wife and Job

Posted on August 03, 2010
Tiki Barber once received headlines for his on the field heroics, then for his football commentary, but now he?s getting the headlines for a less desired reason. In Aprill, Barber was seen around town with a former NBC intern. To make Barber?s actions more distasteful, his pregnant wife was spending a week in the [...

Joint Custody, Teenage Children and Business Travel

Posted on August 02, 2010
When a couple feels it is time to get a divorce, there is often a difficult decision to be reached, either by the couple or a court, on how to split the custody of the children. Add in the fact that the children are curious experimental teenagers and business travel, and the parents can [...

Divorce is Getting Friendlier for Many Couples

Posted on July 30, 2010
Divorce, in the public perception, is rarely a friendly undertaking. Even on this blog we often follow stories of contentious celebrity divorces and separations that don?t end well, with the theme usually being that couples are rarely on their best behavior when it comes time for a divorce...

Nevada Governor?s Divorce is Made Official

Posted on July 28, 2010
Las Vegas is a city known for quick marriages, but Nevada?s governor, Gov. Jim Gibbons, recently finalized his divorce from wife Dawn when a family court judge in Reno, Nevada, signed the divorce decree. According to the Associated Press, the first family of Nevada has officially split...

Celebrities Without Pre-Nups Face Painful Divorces

Posted on July 27, 2010
The recent announcement that Kelsey Grammer and his wife Camille are divorcing has been big news. What?s an even bigger story is the fact that the multi-millionaire Grammer did not have a prenuptial agreement. A recent article on a pop-culture website gives us a list of the top ten celebrities that didn?t have a prenup [...

Divorce Without Separation in Recession

Posted on July 26, 2010
The economic downturn is placing major stresses on marriages today, and there is another side effect showing itself: when couples divorce but don?t have the economic resources to move out from their family home. Couples are left to weather the emotional difficulty of living with a spouse that they?ve separated from, because a lack of [...

Was Mel Gibson Being Extorted?

Posted on July 23, 2010
If you listen to the news at all, then you have undoubtedly heard the profanity filled rants that allegedly came from Mel Gibson toward Oksana Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter. What you may not have heard are the rumors that have begun to swirl around that Grigorieva may have tried to extort [...

British Columbia Government Plans to Revise Family Law

Posted on July 22, 2010
The British Columbia government has plans to make what the Vancouver Sun calls ?revolutionary changes? to family law in the province. These changes will better reflect modern society, to update the Family Relations Act that was passed 30 years ago. The government?s proposal will revise the legal definition of a parent, and it will update property [...

Real Life Iron Man Out of Money?

Posted on July 20, 2010
Elon Musk, the man that director Jon Favreau modeled the movie super-hero Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Junior in the recent Iron Man movie, is apparently bankrupt. Musk was a founder of PayPal, which netted him a cool $200 million not very long ago...

Strange McCourt Divorce Case Gets Down to Brass Tacks, or at Least Staples

Posted on July 19, 2010
The very public and increasingly strange McCourt divorce case is starting to look like an episode of CSI. Recently, the lawyer for Frank McCourt?the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers who is embroiled in a nasty divorce from wife Jamie?has won what ESPN calls ?a major victory? in the divorce proceedings...

The Dream is Over for Record Producer and Christina Milian, and RFK Jr Files for Divorce

Posted on July 16, 2010
In this week?s celebrity divorce news, R&B singer, actress and record producer Christina Milian has filed for divorce from her husband, the record producer known as The-Dream. Also, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed for divorce from his wife of 16 years, after which she was arrested for DUI...

Battle Over the Surnames

Posted on July 15, 2010
In Japan, there is a battle raging among the progressives and the conservatives. The Democratic Party of Japan, the progressives, came into power last year with a plan to give women the freedom to choose their married name. The current law in Japan allows only one surname per family, which is traditionally the man?s...

Celebrity Divorce News: Sandra Bullock, Dwyane Wade, Michael Douglas

Posted on July 13, 2010
From movie stars to championship athletes, the round-up of celebrity divorce news continues to show that the rich and famous are as likely to split as the rest of us. Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have finalized the divorce that began with the scandalous news that James had been having an extramarital affair with a woman [...

Elizabeth Edwards has no Plans to Divorce Cheating Husband John

Posted on July 12, 2010
Elizabeth Edwards has no plans to divorce her estranged husband John, despite his long-term affair and child with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. Edwards spoke of her marital commitment in an interview conducted with People Magazine. In the interview, topics range from her tumultuous personal life in the tabloids, to the nature of her life-threatening cancer [...

Kelsey Grammer Divorce Features Tweeting and Blogging

Posted on July 10, 2010
TV?s Frasier Crane probably wouldn?t have used Twitter, but the actor who played him, Kelsey Grammer, is using the social media platform to share news and thoughts on his ongoing divorce from his wife and former Playboy Playmate Camille. With celebrities using social media to bypass the traditional media and engage directly with their fans, it [...

Divorce Rates Increasing in China

Posted on July 09, 2010
In China, divorce may still come with a social stigma attached, but more and more recently, new economic conditions and changing social relationships are leading to record highs in divorce in the country, according to CNN. Take, for example, the case of TV actress Tang Yi, who has been married to her film director husband for [...

Prenuptial Agreements: Romance Killers or Financial Saviors?

Posted on July 08, 2010
When you?re planning on entering into a life-long commitment, it can seem counter-intuitive to plan about what happens after. A prenuptial agreement can be perceived as unromantic and pessimistic, but it can also be a very wise financial decision. Prenuptial agreements are on the rise especially among the ?baby-boomers? entering into their second and third marriages, according [...

Tiger Woods Won?t Let Girlfriends Near His Children

Posted on July 07, 2010
Tiger Woods has been making headlines for his off golf course life for months now. In his record-breaking divorce from his soon to be ex-wife Elin, reportedly worth a staggering $627 million, Woods has apparently agreed to keep single women away from his three-year-old daughter Sam and one-year-old son Charlie...

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