It’s a headline that has caused many jaws to drop (including ours): Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorcing after 19 years of marriage. How could two people who projected an image of harmony for so long suddenly part ways?
We’ve handled enough cases as family law attorneys — not to mention, chronicled many celebrity breakups — to know the pattern: even the strongest relationships can fall apart.
Does the idea of trekking through picturesque hills, humming happy tunes, and bonding with fellow divorcees appeal to you? Imagine stepping off the bus, wandering through serene tea plantations, reaching the hilltop, and swaying to the soothing sounds of your newfound friends’ hymns of freedom.
Remember the princess who divorced her ex-husband after accusing him of cheating? We do. Meet Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, daughter of the ruler of Dubai. She briefly captured the world’s attention by pulling off the rare feat of announcing her intention to divorce via Instagram.
If you ever thought handling one teenager’s curfew was tough, imagine managing eight unique personalities while also dealing with a public divorce. It’s the stuff that a reality-TV producer’s dream is made of. Enter Kate Gosselin, former reality star, author, and the woman who became a household name, thanks to Jon & Kate Plus 8.
Their reality TV show made Kate, her ex-husband Jon, and their brood of eight household names back in the late 2000s. But as media habits shift and attention spans shrink, the Gosselins appear to be switching gears and turning to TikTok for attention.
With legal drama, high fashion, and bold one-liners, rapper Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) turned her recent Los Angeles civil trial into a viral moment that’s as relatable as it is headline-grabbing. For family law attorneys like us, Cardi B’s courtroom quotes are equal parts entertainment and unexpected lessons in maintaining poise while on oath.
Imagine asking your spouse, the one you promised to have and to hold, until death do you part, for an open marriage. Not exactly winning any awards for "Classiest Moves" in the wedding handbook, but hey, people do it. All the time.
Well, maybe not all the time.
When two writers become a couple, certain things are almost guaranteed: a happy family of wordsmiths, a house lined with bookshelves, or — in the event of a split — a divorce conducted entirely on the battlefield of prose. And when that split happens, there’s a good chance both exes will gleefully turn their pens on each other.
A recent TikTok post has parents everywhere nodding and laughing in recognition. In the clip, a man who won full custody of his kids calls his ex-wife for backup. The catch is that she’s on her way to Cabo for a kids-free holiday.
Her response was blunt: “You won full custody.
When Astronomer CEO (now ex-CEO) Andy Byron starred on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, it sparked a scandal that immediately went viral. Caught canoodling with the company HR chief, Kristin Cabot, on the jumbotron, he resigned in short order, his marriage teetered on the brink of collapse, and the town buzzed with legal questions: Can a public kiss lead to divorce? Could it cost him half his fortune? Is the kiss-cam moment enough to push a marriage over the edge, legally speaking?
In this blog, we answer these questions for anyone who’s facing similar crossroads, and we promise to be light on judgment but heavy on the legal facts.
There’s something about the blank box of a Reddit post that makes people want to spill their hearts to complete strangers. That something is called internet anonymity. From time to time, we find ourselves wandering over to Reddit’s r/Divorce forum to pluck some of these gems from obscurity.