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Top Ten Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces

huffingtonpost.com: According to this slideshow, the top ten celebrity divorce settlements come with the rather dubious honor of the owing spouse funding such settlements as $100 million dollars (Tiger Woods).  We suspect, but cannot prove, that most celebrities’ divorces do not play out as publicly as commoners’ because many celebrities hire attorneys and experts to [...]

Top Three Mistakes Men Make After Divorce

huffingtonpost.com:  Men (and women) make several mistakes after a divorce.  Particularly common with men, according to this article, are (1) rushing back into marriage, (2) becoming the bachelor at-large, and (3) introducing your new “friend” to your children way too soon.  If the divorce has resulted in a custody dispute, each of these mistakes could [...]

Arizona Governor Has Signed Abortion Bill HB 2036 Into Law

http://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov:  From the Arizona Department of Health blog, the Arizona Governor has signed HB 2036.  The full text is here.  Notable provisions include but are not limited to the requirement that for any facility where abortions are performed, the facility must conspicuously post signs outside and inside, where visible to patients, that it is unlawful [...]

Masters Champion Bubba Watson Struggled to Adopt Before Winning Golf Tournament

People.com: Only two weeks before he won the Master’s, fan favorite Bubba Watson really won big – he and his wife finally successfully adopted a baby boy named Caleb after a four-year wait.  Read more about his story here.

Premarital Agreements

Wealth Strategies Journal:  A premarital agreement is a contract between two persons who intend to marry that determines their financial rights at the end of the marriage by death or divorce.  It seems to be a fairly widespread belief that it is easy to challenge the validity of a premarital agreement in court.  [...]

The $364 Million Word: Lawyer Admits to Changing One Word in McCourts’ Post Nuptial Agreement but Its a Biggee

Frank McCourt, who bought the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in 2004 for $355 million and his soon to be ex-wife Jamie McCourt signed a post nuptial agreement that is now the subject of litigation in their acrimonious divorce.  According to a story in Forbes on April 7, 2010, the Dodges are worth [...]

Tiger Woods: the World’s Top Ten Highest Divorce Settlements

London Telegraph:  “Tiger Woods separation from Elin Nordegren is one of the most expensive ever divorces. Here is a list of what are thought to be the ten highest divorce settlements:”

“Mistress Ordered to Pay $5.8 Million” to Wronged Wife

The Volokh Conspiracy:  “The woman who broke up a North Carolina couple’s marriage has to pay $5.8 million [to the ex-wife].”  See the WNCT TV video report.

How to Shield Assets Like the Rich

Wall St. Journal:  “the greatest lesson from the salacious split between Jamie and Frank McCourt {owner of the LA Dodgers] has gone mostly unnoticed. That is the lesson of how the wealthy shield their assets from creditors.”

Three Judge Panel Rules Divorcing Couple’s Chihuahua is Wife’s Separate Property

Texas Lawyer:  “On Aug. 25, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin issued a memorandum opinion affirming a trial court’s judgment that allowed Brooke Ashley Calder to keep a Chihuahua named Clementine.”

Tiger Gets an Unplayable Lie & Picks Up in Property Settlement – Elin to Get $750 Million Plus Pin Money

Whoa Nelly!  Tiger Woods may be setting another record, but one he’s probably not too happy about.  He and soon to be ex-wife Elin Nordegren apparently have agreed that she will get $750 million in the divorce.

College Grad Sues Father to Recoup Tuition Costs

Law.com:  “Breach of contract action focuses on written contract requiring divorced father to cover daughter’s school costs until age 25.  It’s not news that some children, especially as they hit their teenage and college years, don’t get along with their parents. But even experienced attorneys say it’s rare when the disagreements grow to [...]

Courtney Love Loses Custody of Daughter Fathered by Kurt Cobain

Mail Online:  “Rock singer Courtney Love has lost custody of her teenage daughter for the second time, court papers have revealed.  Frances Bean Cobain – Love’s 17-year-old daughter with Kurt Cobain – is now being cared for by the late Nirvana frontman’s mother and sister.”

The New Art of Alimony

Wall St. Journal:  “Long viewed as payment for life, divorce settlements are facing strict new limits as some ex-spouses—primarily men—protest the endless support of a former partner.  For richer, for poorer, forever?:

Paul and Theresa Taylor were married for 17 years. He was an engineer for Boston’s public-works department, while she [...]