Anatomy Of A (Celebrity) Divorce: Jolie-Pitt Part 4: The Rocky Road To Resolving Child Custody

by mensdivorce | Feb 22, 2017 | Custody, Divorce, Entertainment, Family Law, Featured

At the time of the filing of Jolie’s petition for divorce, It seemed the investigation by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) into Brad Pitt’s alleged encounter with son, Malcolm, was on the verge of being closed as rumors of an FBI...

Modifying Alimony In Florida

by mensdivorce | Feb 14, 2017 | Alimony, Divorce, Family Law, Featured

A Florida court may award an ex-spouse alimony, or spousal support, in a divorce case. A court may also modify alimony as long as the original divorce decree granted alimony. A Florida court has jurisdiction to make orders affecting a prior award of alimony as equity...

Billionaire Bill Ackman To Divorce

by mensdivorce | Feb 10, 2017 | Divorce, Entertainment

At the end of December 2016, billionaire investor Bill Ackman and Karen Ann Herskovitz announced that they were separating. It is expected that they will file a divorce case in early 2017. What is interesting is that the parties do not have a prenuptial agreement and...

Halle Berry’s Divorce Is Final

by mensdivorce | Jan 27, 2017 | Divorce, Entertainment

The marriage of Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez is officially over as a decree has been issued in their divorce case. The couple, who married in 2013, has agreed to share joint physical and legal custody of their 3-year-old son Maceo. Berry and Martinez have a...

Prenuptial Agreements And Estate Planning, Part 2

by mensdivorce | Dec 16, 2016 | Alimony, Divorce, Family Law

The first part of this article addressed the idea that a prenuptial agreement may be a useful estate planning tool. This segment will briefly discuss some of the important questions to consider in formulating a prenuptial agreement/estate plan prior to marriage. Here...