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Divorce and Financial Planning

American born Heidi Blair Montag is best known for starring on the former MTV reality series The Hills. During The Hills, Heidi began dating then-cast member Spencer Pratt. In November 2008, the couple eloped in Mexico, though they later married in the United States in April 2009. In July 2010, Heidi filed for divorce, after fifteen months of marriage to Pratt. Read More…

Will the “Bleeding Love” singer have to bleed money to reach a settlement?

Back in June, Leona Lewis, the X-Factor winner and singer of “Bleeding Love”, and her boyfriend of more than ten years split up because her hectic work schedule had been interfering with their ability to spend any quality time together. The two also lived together for an undisclosed amount of time in a $900,000 London home. Read More…

Mel Gibson Single Again

Mel Gibson and Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva have separated after a one-year relationship. The parties were never married. The media has stated that the parties are not bitter towards one another and that they hope to raise their 5 month old daughter, Lucia, together. Read More…

Gary Dourdan and Domestic Violence

Back in the 80’s, Gary Dourdan played Shazza Zulu on A Different World. The papers often reported him assaulting his girlfriends and fighting with paparazzi.

Now, Gary is known for his role as Warwick on CSI. The media reports that he was recently assaulted by his girlfriend, Maria Asis del Alamo. Read More…

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes Separate

Academy Award winning actress, Kate Winslet has separated from her Academy Award winning director husband, Sam Mendes. The parties married in 2003 and have a six year old child together. Reports state that the parties separated earlier this year. According to a statement by the couple’s lawyer, ‘the split is amicable and by mutual agreement’. The parties intend to jointly parent their son. Read More…

Kate Walsh Finally Gets Her Divorce

Actor Kate Walsh and executive Alex Young separated only 14 months after their September 2007 wedding. On February 6, 2010, the couple finalized their divorce. This means that their divorce lasted almost as long as their marriage. Read More…

Dennis Hopper Files for Divorce

Famous Actor, Dennis Hopper has filed for divorce from his fifth wife Victoria Duffy. The parties were married 14 years and have one child together, Galen who is 6 years old. Dennis has been battling with prostate cancer since last fall. Read More…

Jon & Kate Plus 8….plus Divorce

Tabloids, talk shows, and even CNN, have been covering Jon and Kate Gosselin’s messy separation. There have been all sorts of drama for this highly publicized couple since they announced that they were getting divorced in June of 2009. Most recently, Kate has accused Jon of taking roughly $200,000.00 from the couples’ joint bank account and Jon has accused Kate of Read More…

Avril Lavigne Announces Divorce?

After a year of rumours of this couples’ separation, it appears as though Avril Lavigne filed for divorce from her husband, Deryck Whibley, in Los Angeles in October of 2009.

Both Lavigne and Whibley are Canadian citizens, born in Ontario. So why did this famous Canadian couple not file for divorce in Ontario? Here are a few possible reasons. Read More…

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe were married in 1999 and divorced in California in 2006 after sharing seven years of marriage and two children. The couple did not have a pre-nuptial agreement. If they had been divorced in Ontario, the following represents how their case may have been decided and settled. Read More…