Flamboyant US billionaire Stewart Rahr has reached a financial settlement with estranged wife Carol, the New York Post reports.
Carol Rahr married the pharmaceutical moghul in 1969 but served him with divorce papers in December last year, after 43 years together. The couple had no prenuptial agreement.
According to the Post, the party-loving billionaire has now agreed to pay his wife $250
The long-running divorce battle between reality TV star Kim Kardashian and professional basketball player Kris Humphries may be nearing a settlement, according to celebrity site TMZ.
Kardashian and Humphries are both due in court tomorrow (Friday 19 April) for a ‘settlement conference’, the site claims, citing sources which claim he may now be willing to compromise on his demands for an annulment.
A draft bill currently proceeding through the Florida Senate could prohibit the application of foreign law in family cases across the state.
If passed into statute, Senate Bill 58 – Application of Foreign Law in Certain Cases –
The wife of one of the wealthiest businessmen in the United States is facing a substantial divorce settlement, Reuters reports.
Sue Ann Hamm is the second wife of Harold G Hamm, the 67 year-old founder, Chairman
The fiancée of basketball legend Michael Jordan has agreed to sign a prenuptial agreement, according to a report in the Daily Mail. Jordan has been engaged to Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto since December 2011.
The agreement will protect the athlete’s $650 million fortune, the newspaper claims.
The estranged wife of a US millionaire has persuaded a court to throw out the prenuptial agreement she signed prior her wedding in 1998. 
US actress and mathematician Danica McKellar has finalised her divorce from husband Mike Verta.
The 38 year-old filed for divorce in June last year, citing irreconcilable differences, and a court has now granted the divorce, ending their three year marriage, according to a report
A US citizen living in London has failed in her bid to obtain a temporary injunction to prevent her estranged husband from pursuing divorce proceedings in the US.
In the case of T v T the couple, both US citizens, had married in an unspecified state before relocating to London, where they were given indefinite leave to remain. They later had two children.
Before the marriage the couple had signed a premarital agreement (PMA) in the US. This included a section on reaching a financial settlement after divorce. The PMA specified that
As summer arrived so did the inspiration for numerous blog posts on subjects from celebrity divorce to polygamy. Below are some blog highlights from the summer months.
July
In July I looked forward to the Olympics as Leeds played host to the Chinese Olympic team. I
The Law Commission is considering a new system for calculating divorce payouts which would be based on mathematical formulae.
The system would use such factors as the length of the marriage, differences in income
So it seem that the world’s most famous bachelorette – Jennifer Aniston – is on the verge of marrying fiancé Justin Theroux. But, or so say the stories, she won’t marry the actor and screenwriter until he has signed a prenuptial agreement.
There is an excellent article in this month's Family Law written by Prof Elizabeth Cooke a Law Commissioner and Professor of Law at the University of Reading entitled "Pre-nups and beyond: What is the Law Commission up to now?" She explains the current position of the Law Commission, which following its review of the law in this area and a consultation process, seems to be moving towards a recommendation that there should be law introduced so that certain “qualifying” nuptial agreements would be upheld in the future. In order to "qualify" however, agreements would have safeguards in place.
I have previously written about my reservations regarding prenuptial agreements. When they are signed, couples are supposed to be committing to a lifetime together, through thick and thin, come what may.
Come Friday, I’ll be watching the royal wedding on television along with everybody else. Being a family lawyer, I have found that when the Big Day comes up in conversation, people ask me about another “royal wedding secret” – one that is rather less romantic than gowns or tiaras.
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