February has excellent branding. It’s got hearts, chocolates, and couples eagerly making reservations for romantic dinners. Meanwhile, during this month, family law attorneys are quietly bracing themselves because this is also when many marriages finally tap out.
When we last checked in on All’s Fair, we described it as legally inaccurate, ethically unhinged, and weirdly addictive. We imagine they’ve received feedback along those lines, which should explain why in episode 2, “When We Were Young,” we get pretty much the same level of unhinged television.
For years, the Beckhams made family life look like a brand extension. There were coordinated outfits. Carefully framed smiles. Even the chaos seemed pre-approved and styled. The Beckhams look so good on camera, they deserve the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in Family Unity.
There is a special place in television for legal shows that get everything wrong yet do it with confidence. All’s Fair, Ryan Murphy’s glossy new Hulu drama, proudly earns its spot there. This is not a show that teaches viewers anything useful about actual lawyering, family court, or professional boundaries.
When it comes to celebrity divorces, 2025 isn’t a banner year for Splitsville. No scorched-earth custody battles, no endless courthouse pap walks. Just a handful of high-profile separations, followed by a long tail of “oh, right, them” announcements.
Ask any divorce lawyer what clients most want to know, and the answer is almost always the same: “How much is this going to cost me?” It’s a fair question. But as one seasoned New York divorce lawyer jokes, if you want an exact quote, he’ll need your spouse’s full name, your list of grudges, and a credit card.
Have you heard of quiet quitting? It may sound like something you do at a workplace, but it also applies to hobbies, friendships, and, yes, marriages.
Quiet quitting is when someone emotionally checks out while physically staying in the relationship.
Imagine this scenario: You divorce your spouse, the court orders you to pay alimony, and life moves on. But then comes the plot twist: your ex suddenly wins big in the lottery. That’s exactly what happened to one ex-couple in New Jersey, and it’s had people asking the same burning legal question: “Can you stop paying alimony if your ex becomes a multimillionaire?”
At the law offices of LaGrandeur & Williams, we hear this type of question more often than you’d expect.
When Angela Paxton filed for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the phrase that grabbed headlines wasn’t “irreconcilable differences” but her reason for divorcing him: biblical grounds. This was how a very private heartbreak became a very public vocabulary lesson about faith, marriage, and how those two collide, or politely sidestep each other, inside a courtroom.
Some marriages fall apart because of real, complicated problems. Others collapse because one spouse fires up their imagination, connects dots that aren’t even on the same page, and creates drama where there was none.
That’s exactly the plot of a widely circulated Reddit story featuring a husband who became convinced his pregnant wife was cheating.