Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so negotiations over costumes and trick-or-treat routes have probably already begun. We bring this up because divorced and separating parents often ask who gets custody of the holiday, along with the pumpkin carving and the candy inspection that follow it.
Is a TikTok account a marital asset?
Potentially. Or, more accurately, the business built around one can be worth very real money. Once an account comes with millions of followers, sponsored posts, advertising revenue, licensing deals, and enough influence to convince strangers they desperately need a particular water bottle, we have moved well beyond harmless scrolling.
NFL player Aaron Donald spent this summer doing two things: negotiating his return to the Los Angeles Rams, and arguing in family court that his ex’s French bulldog was a bigger threat to their kids than anything he’d face on a football field. Usually, the pet drama in a breakup is a fight over who keeps the dog.
Lori Loughlin filed for divorce from her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, on September 4, closing out nearly 29 years of marriage. Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on Full House, and Giannulli, founder of the Mossimo clothing label, met in the mid-1990s and married in November 1997. The split follows a year of quiet separation and, further back, the college admissions scandal that sent both of them to prison in 2020.
Most coverage of the filing has focused on that history.
Two more of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s adult children have recently taken steps to remove “Pitt” from their names for good. Zahara, 21, has asked a California court to legally become Zahara Marley Jolie, while Maddox, 25, just received court approval to become simply Maddox Jolie.
There’s a show called Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed streaming on Apple TV+ (not sponsored, although we remain open to possibilities) that caught our attention.
The series follows recently divorced single mother Paula Sanders, played by Tatiana Maslany, who manages to combine a contentious custody battle with an increasingly tangled murder mystery involving a “webcam professional,” blackmail, shady characters, and some genuinely questionable decision-making.
Parenting plans can look quite organized on paper: alternating weekends, divided school holidays, agreed transportation arrangements, everything neatly accounted for. Then your child starts school, joins volleyball, discovers marching band, or signs up for an activity that somehow requires the entire family to be awake before sunrise.
Brittney Griner has filed for divorce from her wife, Cherelle Griner, after eight years of marriage. That alone is unremarkable news. What makes it interesting is the fact that Cherelle is a practicing attorney and the same person who spent ten months as the country's most visible advocate for Brittney's release from Russian detention in 2022. Somebody in this marriage knows exactly how the legal system works, and it isn't Brittney.
Abby Elliott, best known for playing Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto on The Bear, filed for divorce from Bill Kennedy this July. Her case is playing out in California, not here in Washington, but the "who files first" question is the same one we get asked constantly.
Your spouse says they are running to the store for milk. You nod, return to whatever you were doing, and make the reasonable assumption that they will come back with milk.
Several hours pass and the refrigerator remains dairy-free. Then you receive a message explaining that your spouse has moved out, hired an attorney, and would prefer to communicate by email.