Category: High-Asset Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

It was truly a high-asset divorce in every sense of that phrase, and the legal battle surrounding its material details has been playing out in courts for more than 15 years. It may have finally come to an end last week in the United States Supreme Court. The case of Anna Nicole Smith, a former […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A case in Tennessee that is attracting a considerable amount of legal interest and is currently before that state’s Supreme Court highlights the concept of alimony following divorce, also commonly referred to in Georgia as spousal support or spousal maintenance. The case serves as a useful springboard for examination of Georgia’s spousal support system. Under […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Justices of the Georgia Supreme Court can certainly be forgiven if they don’t ever want to hear the names Harvey Strother and Anne Melican for the rest of their lives. In a high-asset divorce and estate matter that has been consistently playing out in headlines and media stories in Georgia for several years, various issues […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A sticking point in the divorce dispute between actor Michael Douglas and his first wife highlights an element of property division that is sometimes ignored yet can be relevant in many dissolution proceedings, whether involving a celebrity or not. Douglas and his ex-wife agreed that she would be entitled to money post-divorce that accrued from […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

In a truly high-asset divorce, the predominant story line is obviously about the numbers. Big numbers. In the divorce case between Charles and Linda Brandes that is currently playing out in San Diego Superior Family Court, really big numbers. The couple — married for more than 18 years and divorced in July 2005 — continues […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The divorce case featuring Credit Suisse Group AG chief executive Brady Dougan and his ex-wife Tomoko Hamada Dougan contains many of the standard elements that one might expect to find in a truly high-asset divorce matter. It also goes far toward demonstrating that a diligent and careful divorce attorney with experience in high-asset dissolutions and […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Maintaining privacy is a particular challenge in high-profile divorce cases involving celebrities and public figures. Keeping media attention to a minimum and guarding the client’s private information, such as the contents of the divorce agreement should always be high-priority. Unfortunately for Charlie Sheen, his recent divorce has been an ongoing hot topic in the media, […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria and San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker announced on Friday that their divorce is final. The stars’ three-year marriage was rocked by allegations of infidelity by Parker, which he denies. Longoria cited “irreconcilable differences” when she filed for divorce in November in Texas. The terms of the high-asset divorce […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Sources have reported that NeNe Leakes, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is moving forward with divorcing her husband of 14 years. A recent report from RadarOnline said that Leakes had hired a divorce attorney. Leakes’ husband is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the divorce. Leakes’ husband is […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Frank and Jamie McCourt, the joint owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers have been involved in a nasty high-asset divorce since Jamie was fired as CEO of the Dodgers in October 2009 and filed for divorce that same month. So far, the estranged couple has spent an estimated $20 million in legal bills. The largest […]

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