Selasa, 06 November 2012

Divorce in the Limelight

By Frank Klodenberg


Divorce is always hard for anyone going through it. But perhaps for celebrities it can be even harder, especially when every aspect of the situation is being published for the world to see. Below are examples of some recent famous divorces:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

This divorce has been a hot topic since its announcement in June this year - It is Tom Cruise's third divorce, but here Tom made sure a prenup was involved. No one knows the content of their prenup, but considering what usually happens with celebrity divorces it might be wise to guess that Katie Holmes will find herself with a lot of money once they are done.

Many prenuptial agreements state what a couple wish to do in the event of a divorce, and they have been in use in the US from the late nineteenth century. They often help to make the hard time easier by setting out who will get what and how much money will be given by each party. But even these cannot save a case from getting messy, as evident by the number of divorce scandals circulating the internet.

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills

Fans were quite clearly disappointed when Paul McCartney married his first wife Linda. Not only had the "cute" member married, but he was even allowing his wife to sing at their concerts and on their albums despite the fact that she lacked the talent. But this didn't bother them - they raised their children together happily until 1998 when Linda died of cancer.

Then Paul met Heather Mills. Sir Paul fell deeply in love with her, but his children weren't as sure as he was. Nonetheless, he went ahead and married her without a prenup. Of course, he was later to realise that may have been a mistake.

But by 2006 their relationship had turned bad and the two wanted a divorce. Reports stated that Heather was trying it on and that the judge disliked her, but she ended up being given a total of around lb74 million - although some of this was to aid her in looking after their child.

Paul is currently married to New York girl Nancy Shevell, who luckily has her own money to play with. Heather, on the other hand, claims to have spent nearly all of her money on her business, her daughters and on charity.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Pop sensation Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie decided to call it quits in 2008 after an eight year long marriage. News of the divorce sent the press into a frenzy. Such a fuss was made that Guy likened his marriage to a 'soap opera'.

After eight years of marriage the couple decided to break up in 2008. They had two children, one of which was adopted. Rumours circulated saying that Guy simply wanted the best for his children and that he was not looking to get money out of the very wealthy Madonna. But the settled value of between lb47 and lb56 million, along with the value of their two properties in the UK, surely show that the children were not quite his only interest.




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