Suppose the wife of a wealthy lawyer files for divorce in January, and the couple spends several months negotiating a settlement. Eight months later, they still haven’t got the divorce settled, and the lawyer gets awarded a big fee in a case he’s been working on for several years. When I say “big”, I mean a fee in the amount of $17,000,000. It’s been almost a year since the couple split up, is the wife entitled to some of that money?
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Your Prenuptial Agreement is Junk! Part 2
Even if you have a perfectly good prenup that makes adequate provision for your spouse, leaves the custody decisions up to the court, and makes a perfectly sensible division of property, you can still screw it up.
Your Prenuptial Agreement is Junk! Part 1
If you spend much time watching TV or follow the dramatic lives and divorces of celebrities, you’ve undoubtedly heard of prenuptial agreements (what some people call a “prenup”) and the problems they can cause.
Dating while Separated
So what’s the problem? The divorce has been filed. The parties are separated. The kids are spending time with each parent. The divorce is so close you can taste it, why not go ahead get out there, have some fun, and re-enter the dating scene?
Alimony, Alimony, and more Alimony!
Divorce procedure in Tennessee is generally fairly straightforward, but certain issues are often sure to cause a fight. The most emotional and violent fights tend to be over the custody of the children, but often not far behind is the prospect of one party paying alimony to the other.
Tennessee law provides four different types of [...]
Marital Property After Spouses Separate
Is the stuff we purchase after the separation marital property or separate property?
How is Child Support Calculated?
Gone are the days when child support payments were calculated by simply taking a percentage of the payer’s income. Tennessee (like many states) has adopted the “income shares” model for calculating child support payments. The process has become so complicated that Tennessee provides a software child support calculator to help parents and attorneys determine the payments.
Torture Until Divorce Papers are Signed- When Divorce Turns Violent
Think your divorce is messed up? Chances are you’ve got nothing on this story out of California.
Kidnapping, drugging, torture
Mohammad Hanafi of Hawthorne, California is currently on trial on accusations that he and a friend kidnapped his wife and proceeded to torture her for five days until she signed the paperwork that would give him all [...]
Franklin Man Commits Murder After Divorce Settlement
A local man committed murder upon his wife over a divorce settlement which gave her $31,000 in savings bonds and $1,800 per month from his pension. In fact, it would appear that the couple had just resolved their divorce earlier that day. Later on, the husband waited for his wife to appear at a rest [...]
Keep Your Mouth Closed During Your Divorce!
Many divorce cases are either ruined or complicated because the parties involved simply talk too much. If you are in the middle of a divorce, my biggest piece of advice to you is to keep your mouth closed. Rumors have a way of coming around to haunt you, and what may have seemed like a [...]