Orange County Divorce Lawyer BlogFlip or Flop’ stars’ marriage flops
The reality show couple is on their way to officially parting ways.
“Flip or Flop” star Christina El Moussa filed for divorce from her estranged co-star husband Tarek six months after announcing their separation.
Spousal Caregivers of their infermed spouse are more likely to divorce
With a nationwide divorce rate still hovering around 40 percent (though it has been slowly declining for years), it is hard enough for committed relationships to survive in the long term. But estimates of the divorce rate for couples in which one spouse has a serious chronic illness is as high as 75 percent. Spousal caregivers are said to be more prone to depression than adult children who are caregivers. These spouses often lose not only physical intimacy with their ill loved ones, but also deep friendship if those partners are no longer emotionally or cognitively capable of serving as their confidants. They frequently have to mourn their past joys as a couple along with the dreams they had held for future happiness.
If spousal caregivers like Eleanor decide to stay in their relationships, they often are wracked with resentment because they are giving so much more than they’re getting back. If they decide to leave, they are frequently wracked with guilt for abandoning the people they are supposed to love. While no easy answers exist in these dilemmas, there are strategies for minimizing the deleterious effects of illness and putting the relationship on a new and stronger ground going forward.
Rebalance the relationship as much as possible: Healthy relationships are usually balanced; there’s an almost equal give-and-take between partners. But caregiving relationships, says Northwestern University psychiatrist John Rolland, are necessarily “skewed,” or imbalanced, because the well spouse has to do most of the work. If these relationships become too tilted, then caregivers are at the greatest risk for falling out of sorts and out of love. To whatever degree possible, well and ill spouses should try to minimize these skews and maintain a two-way give-and-take. Ill spouses should continue to try to do whatever they are capable of — simple chores, listening well, giving thanks — for well spouses. Well spouses should refrain from hogging the glory by taking over all responsibilities and disempowering the ill spouses.
Joanna krupa has settled both of her cases, the divorce and Granville suit
having herself a big month — first she settled an ongoing lawsuit … and now she’s back on the market.
Joanna’s marriage to Romain Zago is officially over … and it’s hard to imagine a divorce going more smoothly. Neither side sought spousal support, and we’re told they split things up evenly — she keeps the L.A. pad and he gets the house in Miami. Romain also gets visitation rights … for their dogs. It is rare these days it seems that a divorce will go so smoothly. However, if there are no children to set up visitation with and there is little to no property involved in the marriage then things are simple. Even a lawsuit that was filed by Joanna that could bring financial reward to Joanna did not seem to stop the settlement of the divorce.
Spousal support would be be a big issue in a divorce where one party earns substantially more than the other spouse. Romain Zago net worth is an $16 million. He owns nightclubs including Mynt Lounge club in Miami Florida. Joanna on the other hand has a net worth of 8 million dollars. Therefore Romain would under normal circumstances have to pay Joanna spousal support. It can be waived under California law. Sometimes to avoid litigation with lawyers the parties agree on a number rather than prolong the fight in Court and settle out of Court and go their separate ways. This seems to be the case of Joanna and Romain.
Jesse Williams wife wants sole custody of their children
Jesse William’s wife says he is a reckless parent who has fits of rage and worries he exposes their kids to a “revolving door” of women according to new, explosive divorce docs. Normally child custody determinations are based on the best interest standard of review by the family law Court. There are a number of factors the court must address in order to determine what is the best interest of the children. The age of the children is a big issue often when determining which parent will and can provide a more stable and more suitable placement for the children. However, Jesse and Aryn have two young children thus the Court will most likely intervene and have to make serious questions about the health safety and welfare of the children.
Girlfriends of an ex spouse are not determinative of bad parenting nor is it to be used against a parent who is in a relationship. Courts normally will however look more critical to a parent who is not in a stable relationship and has several different relationships as a home life. Once a an ex spouse settles down and marries then the Court will look more affirmatively about the stability that spouse can provide the children.
Aryn Drake-Lee has unloaded on the “Grey’s Anatomy” star, demanding sole custody for a variety of reasons. She says the children are being emotionally compromised because Jesse has exposed them to at least one intimate partner and possibly more. She wants the judge to order him to keep girlfriends away from the kids until he dates them for 6 months. This arbitrary number Aryn Drake has requested in her moving papers to the Court is possibly reasonable depending on the situation and the amount of women Jesse is taking home. Stability is the utmost importance to the children who are the product of a divorce. And if they are young it is more important that they spend quality time with their father rather than different girlfriends every week.
crowding funding your honeymoon?
Honeyfund: Crowdfunding for newlyweds. If you cannot afford to pay for your marriage ceremony and or celebration its probably not a good idea to crowdfund for it. It just seems like a complete wasted of money and will lead you to a quick divorce when you cannot pay your bills. Nothing seems like a waste of money than asking for donations to spend it on a one time party. Not to sound cynical but why wasted money on a party when you will need to save your money for children or other married couple needs. Crowdfunding should be used for more practical marriage needs such as household goods or the baby registry not the honeymoon.
You can crowdfund you honeymoon, and if your marriage doesn’t last, you can crowdfund your divorce — all on the same website, Plumfund.com.
The site, which bills itself as “free online crowdfunding for the people we love,” has more than 15 categories to create a registry for your life-cycle needs, from baby to funeral. Now this part of the of the crowdfunding is more practical.
Louisiana standard of review for post nuptial agreements
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that there is a time-related element involved in the ratification of prenuptial agreements.
In a decision filed on May 3, Justice Marcus Clark ruled that under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2331, proper acknowledgment of the parties’ signatures on the prenuptial agreement is required and the failure to make such acknowledgments prior to the marriage invalidates the agreement.
The plaintiff in the case, Danielle Deon Dickerson Acurio married Dr. Michael Thomas Acurio in 1998, but the couple divorced in 2000. Two years later, in 2002, the couple married again, but this time entered into a prenuptial agreement.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder is set to lose big in Divorce Court
A decade after Alicia Stephenson left the 30,000-square-foot home she shared with her multimillionaire husband on a 180-acre northwest suburban estate, a divorce judge soon could decide whether she is entitled to $400,000 a month in living expenses.
Stephenson has argued she needs that much money to live the privileged lifestyle to which she had become accustomed during her marriage to Richard Stephenson, founder of Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Alicia Stephenson, who argues she was an integral part of her husband’s business success, also is seeking millions of dollars from various trusts and entities established during the marriage. And she wants to reclaim a Porsche she received as a wedding present and other luxury items.
Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott will fight domestic violence suspension for six games
Ezekiel Elliott says the NFL got it 100% WRONG by concluding he attacked his girlfriend on 3 separate occasions — and vows to appeal his 6-game suspension for domestic violence accusations.
“Mr. Elliott and his team of representatives are extremely disappointed with the NFL’s decision,” the Dallas Cowboys star’s camp said in a statement.
“The NFL’s findings are replete with factual inaccuracies and erroneous conclusions and it ‘cherry picks’ so called evidence to support its conclusion while ignoring other critical evidence.”
Training Day writer getting divorced
David Ayer — the guy who wrote “Training Day,” “S.W.A.T.” and a bunch of other action thrillers and also directed “Suicide Squad” — wants out of his 14-year marriage. He is getting a divorce. A long term marriage and a high income earner are not good signs for a spouse after a long term marriage. California often rewards low income earners in long term divorces. David Ayer apparently earned millions with all of his films he wrote. These films were apparently box office successes.
Ayer collaborated on the screenplay for The Fast and the Furious in 2001. Ayer wrote the screenplay for crime drama Dark Blue, and it was his research into the Los Angeles Police Department that led to his most prominent screenplay, Training Day. Training go Denzel Washington an Acadamy Award and also gave great notoriety to David Ayer. Obviously with notoriety and fame comes money and this of course will be used agasint Ayer in his divorce with his soon to be ex wife of 14 years. Ayer signed a contract to write a screenplay for S.W.A.T., which was based on his original story pitch. The film was directed by Clark Johnson and released in 2003.
David filed for divorce Wednesday in L.A., citing irreconcilable differences. He married Mireya on September 26, 2002 and lists the date of separation as July 29.
Michael Chow is getting divorced
Michael Chow, the founder of Mr Chow restaurants, is looking at a table for one after 25 years of marriage … according to docs filed by his wife.
Michael Chow, son of Chinese Peking Opera Grand Master, Zhou Xinfang, opened the first Mr. Chow in Knightsbridge, London on February 14, 1968. A Beverly Hills, California location soon followed in 1974 and Midtown New York at 57th Street in 1978. In 2006 the fourth location in Tribeca, New York opened. In 2009 a location opened in South Beach Miami at the W Hotel, and another in Malibu, California in 2012 at the Malibu Country Mart. If anyone has ever eaten at Mr. Chow’s restaurant then you are missing out. it is expensive, very expensive, however, it is truly an eating experience that will not be forgotten by anyone who enjoys progressive chinese food take.
In 1999, Eurochow, a restaurant located in a $4-million restoration of a landmark domed building in Westwood Village neighborhood of Los Angeles opened but closed by 2007.