May 20, 2013 / Division of Property, Spousal Support
Many family law lawyers will say that there is no winning and losing in family law. In most separations and divorces, there is some ‘give and take’ rather than the feeling of ‘wining and losing.’ Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard, however, really seems to have ‘won’ in his divorce settlement, leaving his wife of one year with little more than a bicycle and bruised ego. Read More…
May 12, 2013 / Spousal Support
She may play a sullen teenager on television, but Suburgatory star Jane Levy is soon to be a 23-year-old divorcee.
The young starlet filed for divorce from actor Jamie Freitas on April 16, citing irreconcilable difference. The pair married in March 2011 and had separated by October of that year. They have no children.
According to online reports, Levy’s filing states that she does not wish to pay Mr. Freitas spousal support, though her career has been the more successful of the two to- date. Read More…
May 3, 2013 / Child Custody, Divorce, Same-Sex Marriage and Family Law, Separation
David Tutera, the host of WE TV’s My Fair Wedding is separating from his same-sex partner, Ryan Jurica after 10 years of marriage. With Tutera’s a career predicated on fabricating fairy tale weddings, many wonder what went wrong for the couple.
Well, if Jurica has anything to say on the matter, he’d say that the Wicked Witch of this story comes in the form of Tutera’s alleged sex addiction. There’s another twist: the couple is currently awaiting the arrival of their twins who are to be born this year by a surrogate. Jurica is currently seeking sole custody of the twins. Read More…
April 26, 2013 / Division of Property, Divorce
In hopes that this will be our last blog about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, we are happy to report that Kim is (somewhat) officially a single woman. On April 19, 2013, a LA Judge dissolved the infamous union of Kim and Kris; with final papers to be signed.
Sources dish that Kris walked away with NOTHING! As we know, Kris was demanding approximately $7 million in settlement from Kim, he is set to receive a whopping zero dollars. Kris also dropped his claim for an annulment based on fraud. Both parties are also set to pay their own attorney’s fees. Read More…
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April 19, 2013 / Divorce, Separation
If the rumours are to be believed, there is trouble in paradise for rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his celebrity wife Sharon. Long touted as one of Hollywood’s most enduring marriages, the online gossip world was abuzz this week amidst rumblings that the couple have been living separately.
According to sources close to the couple, the “Prince of Darkness” has moved into a rented mansion, and his wife has been living in a nearby hotel since the beginning of April, while her new own mansion is undergoing renovations. To add fuel to the fire, the past year has also seen the couple divest itself of two of its California properties.
Since rumours of the couple’s split began to circulate, Ozzy has issued a statement admitting to a relapse in his struggle with sobriety, but adamantly denying that he and Sharon are divorcing. The couple’s son Jack has also taken to Twitter to defend his parents’ 31-year marriage and to refute suggestions that their separation is a permanent state of affairs. Read More…
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April 12, 2013 / Child Custody, Division of Property
Mick Fleetwood, the frontman of the legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac, is separating from his third wife, Lynn Frankel Fleetwood after 13 years of marriage. Citing irreconcilable differences, Fleetwood is heading back to the single life.
Fleetwood is seeking joint custody of the couple’s 11-year-old twin daughters. He is, however, conceding that primary physical custody should be with Frankel Fleetwood (maybe he’s not quite ready to give up the rocker lifestyle?). Read More…
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April 5, 2013 / Divorce
Kim Kardashian recently testified under oath during her deposition in Los Angeles that when she accepted Kris Humphries’s proposal, that she really did love him.
The deposition took place at Kim’s lawyer’s (Laura Wasser) office and lasted approximately 9 hours. Kris is trying to have the couples’ 72-day marriage annulled based on fraud. The Hump’s lawyer probed for evidence that Kim defrauded Kris, trying to prove that Kim only married him for the purposes of her reality show. Sources confirm that the deposition did not help Kris’s case. Kris did not even show up to the deposition and he did not even have a b-ball game that day. Read More…
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March 28, 2013 / Division of Property
If the gossip mill is to be believed, Joe and Tina Simpson may be nearing a settlement in their recent divorce proceedings. Parents to celebrities Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Tina, 53 and Joe, 55 filed for divorce in September 2012 amidst rumours of Joe’s infidelity. The couple had been married for 34 years.
Since news of the split broke, the parties have been reportedly feuding over the family’s considerable wealth. In January 2013, Radar Online reported that Tina had attempted to settle the divorce by offering Joe $100 million of her $300 million fortune. According to the report, Joe refused this settlement and was holding out for more, particularly a bigger share of the profits from the extremely profitable Jessica Simpson Collection. Read More…
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March 22, 2013 / Spousal Support
Demi and Ashton’s much publicized $285-million 2011 separation ending their six year relationship, is back in the spotlight with the recent announcement that Demi will be pursuing Ashton for spousal support. Their respective net worth is about equal, give or take a few million: Demi’s net worth is estimated to be around $150 million, according to Forbes Magazine while Ashton’s is around $140 million. And, Demi wants Ashton to pay her legal fees, too.
Could this have anything to do with his budding new romance with the much younger Mila Kunis? Read More…
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March 15, 2013 / Child Custody
NFL Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders was recently awarded primary custody of his three kids with his estranged wife, Pilar Sanders. Specifically, Deion was given full physical and legal custody of his 13- and 11-year-old sons, and shared physical and legal custody of his 9-year-old daughter.
As this latest ruling settles the parties’ custody issues, they are still battling over finances in their divorce. Read More…
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