The ‘Lady’ Hits a Divorce Court Jackpot

26 Feb

By USLaw

A four year marriage and a predicted $108 million settlement. That’s what Heather Mills, aka Lady McCartney, is expected to walk away with after a week in divorce court. Only in Britain can a failed marriage to a billionare lead to such a large jackpot in such a short amount of time.

In my divorce guidebook for women, He Had It Coming: How to Outsmart Your Husband and Win Your Divorce, I warn all short-term brides to be realisitic — don’t expect to cash in on your failed marriage if you haven’t been in the game long enough to aquire joint marital assets. But apparently in England, the courts have a different take on marriage and money. Between $5 million dollars a year in child support until their daughter is 18 (Heather andf Paul share a daughter, 4-year-old Beatrice) and the rest made up in settlement money, Heather’s jJob” as Mrs. Paul McCartney will likely have netted her approximately $27 million a year.

For a wife who handled her divorce completely wrong, Heather will nonetheless clean up in divorce court. British courts are known to dole out extremely generous divorce settlements. But I am convinced that a short-term marriage McCartney-like divorce settlement never would have happened here in America. Stateside, our courts rely on the principles of equity and fairness to divide assets, examining an array of factors such as the earning capacity of the spouses, contributions to the marriage, and the value of assets. So if you are in the midst of divorce or contemplating ending your marriage, don’t look to Heather Mills as an example of how to behave in divorce court. Her success occurred only because she is lucky enough to live under the Queen’s rule.

By Stacy Schneider

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Patriots not Undefeated in Court

30 Jan

By USLaw

Randy Moss isn’t the only member of the New England Patriots who isn’t undefeated in criminal court. Eight members of the Super Bowl bound team have arrest records.

Randy Moss	2008: Restraining order by a Florida girl friend who accused him of unnecessary roughness while they watched a playoff game. 2002: Felony assault charge, later reduced to a misdemeanor, for hitting a female Minnesota cop with his car while making an illegal U-turn.1996: Domestic-assault charges, later dropped.1996: Removed from Florida State football team after testing positive for pot. 1995: Served three days after racially charged fight at his West Virginia high school
Jabar Gaffney	2000: Charged while in high school with grand theft for allegedly stealing cash and jewelry from a locker room during a football game; plead to lesser charges. 2006: Charged with possessing .380 semiautomatic handgun in his glove compartment; charge dropped.
Kyle Eckel	2006: Naval Academy graduate was forced to resign as a Navy officer for undisclosed reasons. 2005: Arrested on assault and sexual-offense charges after an Annapolis, Md., woman claimed he broke her arm by grabbing and shoving; charges dropped.
Willie Andrews	2002: Sentenced to 30 days in Texas after Texas cops found a .25-caliber pistol in his trunk.
Le Kevin Smith	2005: Assault bust for allegedly choking a traffic-enforcement agent at the University of Nebraska stadium; school handled internally.
Donte Stallworth	2006: Arrested in Miami after refusal to hang up his cellphone and shut off Bentley engine after traffic stop for an expired license.
Mike Vrabel	1995: Misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charge after fight outside a Kent, Ohio, bar left a man with head and face injuries; on lesser charges.
C.J. Jones	2001: Convicted of drunken driving in Iowa during college.

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Weekly Arraignment

25 Jan

By USLaw

Britney accused of selling baby pictures to papparazzi, but Denise Richards has a green light to star Charlie Sheen’s daughters on reality TV.
Barry Bonds seeks to trim five count indictment (four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice), claiming prosecutor’s questions were harder to follow than a Roger Clemens curve ball.
Don Imus sued by advertiser for tasteless Gerry Ford quip and Jessica Simpson is not OK with OK!, but Perez Hilton can say whatever he wants.
Rapper Lil’ Wayne arrested for hauling cocaine and ecstasy across the border while Busta Rhymes pleads guilty to four assault and DUI charges.
Heath Ledger’s $20 bill was not a blow stick, his sleeping pills and psych meds were all prescribed– some in Europe, and no faul play likely associated with the four calls placed to Mary-Kate nine minutes before first call to 911 but masseuse Diane Lee Wol may face felony charges for practicing without a license and Mary-Kate still needs to talk with police.
City mayors need to be careful who and what they text message.

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Daily Pop Justice

21 Jan

By USLaw

Britney loses visitation after 5150 standoff , doesn’t attend hearing after u-turning on courthouse steps.
OJ’s bail doubled after bail bondsmen tuns him in for reaching out to co-defendant’s.
Kiefer Sutherland finishes 48 days of laundry and garbage duty (30 days for DUI and 18 days for violating probation stemming from 2004 drunk driving arrest).
Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield joins Marion Jones as the second athlete to plea guilty to making false statements in the investigation of Balco Labs for the distribution of designer steroids. Faces up to six months in prison.

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Winning Divorce Law

23 Dec

By USLaw

Legal commentator Stacy Schneider publishes a best selling do-it-yourself divorce guide for women, “HE HAD IT COMING: How to Outsmart Your Husband and Win Your Divorce“. Praised by the New York Times and endorsed by Donald Trump and Nancy Grace.

Purchase from Amazon.

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