Archive for March, 2009
Divorce tips for dads and husbands
Dads and husbands have unique concerns when they are in the process of divorce. I am always surprised by how many men are emotionally devastated by divorce. It's not like I think men are animals or anything, even though a lot of female clients have referred to their husbands in this way. It's just that I think of them as rocks. No, I do. Somehow, [...]
Can Gisele Bundchen get custody of Bridget Moynahan’s son John Edward?
How to get custody of your husband's love child he had with a former girlfriend/current rival in 6 easy steps: Can Gisele Bundchen steal Bridget's baby away from her? AKA get custody of him? It's possible. If she plays her cards smart. Gisele did a nice first step by coming out in public declaring her love for the child, and the fact that [...]
Countess Luann de Lessops goes from hitched to ditched: did your divorce come as a shock?
Countess Marie Douglas David (distinguised from Countess Luann de Lessops) has said that one of the reasons she wants her post nup with hubby George David set aside is that she thought she was in a "loving" marriage and, I guess she signed the postnup under false pretences and duress. So, I guess her divorce came as a surprise? Although, for a [...]
Team Gisele “Tom’s son is 100% mine!” – Team Bridget “Oh no he’s not!” Will they fight for split custody, joint custody or sole custody?
Bridget Moynahan has a fearsome opponent in ex-boyfriend/baby daddy's new wife Gisele Bundchen. She just doesn't know it yet. Soon, it is going to hit the airwaves that Gisele and Tom want custody of Bridget's adorable little son John Edward Moynahan whom Bridget birthed last year while her ex and his soon to be new wife were loving it up all [...]
Gisele Bundchen v. Bridget Moynahan: which woman is the best mom for Tom Brady’s son?
Bridget Moynahan better watch out! Not only has Gisele bagged Bridget's man Tom Brady, but now Gisele is waxing poetic in magazine interviews about how she thinks of Bridget's son John Edward Moynahan as hers! See, I think that is slightly inappropriate for Gisele to have said--even if that is how she feels. I think is is more than slightly [...]
Divorce Diary of a Countess
Dear Diary: my ex fiance spoke with the New York Post about me and I am very upset. So upset I can barely finish my agave-sweetened tea as I sit here in my Park Avenue triplex marshalling all the furniture and decorative arts (just in case I win it all in the divorce.) I should never have done that interview with Andrea Peyser, btw. I [...]
WASHINGTON: Tim Geithner and Carole Sonnenfeld: Why their marriage is divorce-proof
Former Pres. of the Federal Reserve and current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his wife Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner are moving to Washington and will likely take a loss on the sale of their house in Larchmont. That's old news. Also old news is the fact that the Treasury Secretary married Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner whom he met his [...]
Countess Marie made $400,000/year as Wall Street analyst; will that factor into her divorce settlement?
Roffey v. Roffey; Hartog v. Hartog; DRL section 236(B)(6)(a)(1)-(11). Does Countess Marie really need the alimony/maintenance she is asking for given that she was such a high earner when she was on Wall Street a few years ago? Girlfriend made more than Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made when he was president of the Federal Reserve! (He made [...]
Can art therapy help divorcees bounce back?
Art, Divorce, Jewelry, Lawrence Salander I read an article somewhere that posited that art therapy can help divorcees who are particularly pained by their divorce and the end of their marriage. I know that sometimes I may seem oblivious about that particular point. I have never experienced divorce. I've only experienced break ups which, frankly [...]
What is your divorce score?
British study predicts divorce using mathematical formula UK Oxford University Math professor James Murray has devised a math formula that predicts a couple's likelihood for divorce. He claims that his formula is on point 94% of the time. Says Yahoo News Canada: Oxford University professor James Murray said his formula successfully predicted [...]
Should Madonna be allowed to adopt 3 year old girl in Malawi?
MALAWI, AFRICA: The Material Mom is in Africa, in the impoverished nation of Malawi to attend a hearing in the Nation's High Court this Monday--preliminary steps towards adopting another child, a little girl by the name of Mercy James (Great name, no?). Everyone remembers a few years ago, Madonna and then husband Guy Ritchie drew heavy [...]
PARIS: Liliane Bettencourt Family Feud: Biological daughter vs. “surrogate adoptive son”: Does Liliane Bettencourt, world’s richest woman need a custodial guardian?
The Liliane Bettencourt Family Feud Usu. it is the children who require custody and it is the parents who go to battle over who will get custody of the children. But every now and then, a twist. The children want custody of the parents. And even more rarely, a twist that involves a billionaire who happens to be the richest woman in the [...]
Jaime Pressly split: Did her career destroy her marriage prospects?
Jaime Pressly of "I love you man" and "My name is Earl" fame opens up to Redbook this month about her split from fiance Eric Cubiche, father of her toddler Dezi James. She basically makes it sound like they broke up because he couldn't handle the fact that she makes more money than he does. In a People Magazine article, she had this to [...]
Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer files for divorce
Carlos Boozer divorce Well, I won't sit here and pretend to know who Carlos Boozer (ain't that a fun name) is. I never heard of him and I don't know anything about basketball beyond the phrase "on fire from downtown" and what constitutes a 3 point shot--especially now that Michael Jordan stopped playing. But I did just learn from the news [...]
Aaron Spelling’s second wife “divorces” the past and “downsizes” her future
Candy Spelling is only Aaron Spelling's second wife. His first wife was an actress named Carolyn James whom he married in 1953 and DIVORCED in 1965. Three years later, he married Tori's mom Candy and they grew filthy rich together to the point that they were able to build one of the most expensive homes in the United States called The Manor which [...]
Was divorce the breaking point for 70s hearthrob Willie Aames?
70's heartthrob Willia Aames had a garage sale in his Kansas home today, and it is all over the press, poor guy. He is facing foreclosure on the home and is basically unloading all his possessions. Aames, a popular TV star in the 70's and 80's of such shows as The Waltons, Eight is Enough, The Odd Couple and Swiss Family Robinson, and 90's [...]


