‘DIVORCE NEWS’ Archives
IRAN: Carla Bruni Sarkozy accused of causing French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2nd divorce, and of being a “prostitute”
IRAN: If it's one thing that French President Nicolas Sarkozy hates, it's prostitutes. He is strongly against the practice and a few years ago came down hard on women in the profession for "soliciting" or even having the appearance of soliciting. He also was against legalizing brothels in France even though the French people were in favor. So [...]
L.A. The judge should throw out the McCourt agreement because it is unconscionable
September 1, 2010. Judge Scott M. Gordon should throw out the McCourt's agreement about the Dodgers simply because it is unconscionable and inequitable at the time it is being enforced. After all, Jamie and Frank McCourt were married for 30 years and they built their company and nursed the Dodgers to a winning team together. This post nup [...]
DALLAS: Same sex divorce in Texas a no go
According to the WSJ, the 5th District Court of Appeals in Dallas determine that pursuant to voter-approved amendment and the Texas Family Code, same sex marriages are void in Texas and as a result, no same sex couple can obtain a divorce in Texas, even if they were married in a state that allows such marriages. In other words, the same sex [...]
Losing a husband vs. Losing a baseball team: Jamie McCourt’s Tikkun Olam did not include a trip to Israel with her driver. Did it?
More gossip. I just realized that Frank McCourt had been accusing soon to be ex wife Jamie of infidelity. He claimed in depositions that she had had an affair with a subordinate, who, it turns out, is a bounty hunter who worked as a driver for the couple. Wow. Now, not only is she losing her husband, she may even lose the Dodgers and maybe even [...]
What is “Turbo Tax for Divorce?”
Read all about it here.
L.A.: Frank and Jamie McCourt bench trial begins
Jamie McCourt arrived to Los Angeles Superior Court today rocking a clinging white dress that shows off her girly figure. How old is Jamie? At least 60? Her face gives her away but she definitely has the body of an 18 year old. How does she do that?! Mrs. McCourt and her husband are warring over who owns the Dodgers, a baseball franchise valued [...]
CANADA: Are Canadian family courts divesting father’s of their rights to see their children in divorce cases?
CANADA: I was looking at this video on YOUTUBe and it just made me wonder. Is this what is going on in Canada? Pretty sad. Father\'s Rights in Canadian Family Courts
Are wealth managers giving sexist advice to affluent divorcees?
WEALTHY DIVORCEÉS GET NO RESPECT FROM WEALTH MANAGERS A recent Newsweek article suggests that wealthy divorceés are not getting enough respect from wealth managers, generally speaking. These women feel that wealth managers are not paying enough attention to a change in life, like divorce, that could alter their investment priorities. They [...]
FLORIDA: Tiger and Elin attend parenting classes as required by state law
Both Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods attended a four hour parenting class as part of the requirement in Florida for divorcing couples who have children pursuant to the Parent Education and Family Stabilization law 61.21 of the Family Court Act, amended in 2008: Section 61.21 Florida Statutes (As amended in [...]
CONNECTICUT: Is there “corruption” in the family/divorce bar & courts of Connecticut?
I've spoken with more than one person who alleges that the Connecticut divorce/family court system is corrupt and is skewed in favor of moneyed spouses who usually turn out to be the husbands. More than one woman and pro se litigant has complained not only that their lawyers are creming them for millions of dollars in legal fees but the courts [...]
SWEDEN: Divorce Julian Assange, WikiLeaks hacker, is wanted for sex crimes
STOCKHOLM: Is WikiLeaks hacker and divorcé Julian Assange getting hounded and witch-hunted by the CIA in retaliation for leaking all those classified documents about the war in Afghanistan in his "Afghan War Diary" post on his website? That is what some folks are saying. Others demur that he's just a divorcé sex offender who's going to get [...]
CALIFORNIA: Big wig divorce lawyers Wasser and Susman duke it out in the McCourt case – new documents found that could be a game changer
Dennis Wasser (father of divorce attorney extraordinaire Laura Wasser) and Stephen Susman are two of California's top divorce lawyers. They represent Frank and Jamie McCourt respectively in their bitter divorce currently being tried in a Los Angeles Superior court. According to NBCsports.com, Mr. Wasser has found a smoking gun document that [...]
NEW YORK: Paterson divorce law to equalize the spouses: poorer spouse will get attorneys fees based on formula
One of our new regulars, an attorney by the name of Terri, who has a cute blog called from Bedroom to Courtroom brought our attention to a part of Governor Paterson's divorce bill that we missed. It's actually a good part so figures I missed it. The governor has now made it a law in New York state that the poorer spouse will and should get [...]
The top 10 most eligible billionaires: Who’s divorced? Who’s widowed?
DIVORCE SALOON'S LIST OF 10 MOST ELIGIBLE BILLIONAIRES Oh my heavens! Eligible billionaires! Ooh!!! This is delicious! Well, let's start off by making an observation: Billionaires, by and large, seem very marriage-prone. Of the top 50 we looked at (there are over 700 so we may update our list in days to come), only 10 were available [...]
The 10 most divorce prone cities in the U.S.: Does living near a casino increase your divorce odds?
The Pew Research Center did a study recently that showed that the states with the highest number of divorces are as follows, Nevada, Maine, Montana, Wyoming and Oklahoma. So I wondered what the most divorce-prone cities are? I called up the Pew Research Center but they didn't have the data broken down by city. I thought I'd do my own scientific [...]
DETROIT: West Bloomfield wife filed for divorce prior to husband’s apparent murder-suicide attempt
Another victim of inter-marital violence bites the dust. Seems mounting debts and a divorce filing got the better of this West Bloomfield man, Ellery Bennett who is accused, or, I should say, suspected of killing his wife Lisa and attempting to take his own life. Read more here.
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