I am sure some of us will feel a sense of sadness that Paul & Heather Mills McCartney are to divorce..........................
I heard this on the television this morning, during which two lawyers (guests in the studio) were talking about how Paul must be angry with himself that he ignored the advice to have pre-nuptual contracts drawn up before the marriage. One of the lawyers said :" It is far better to draw up a pre-nuptual agreement before the marriage; it isn't very expensive, and it saves all the harrowing effects of having to "fight it out in court at the end of a marriage" ".
To me, the idea of a pre-nuptual implies an acceptance that the marriage may not work. We go into church, say our vows; 'til death do us part'.
There is, of course, current & historical evidence to show that many marriages do fail, and that divorce may well ensue. The lawyer was saying that England unlike most other European countries, we rarely have pre-nuptuals, and that "we should get with the beat baggy".
To me, a pre nuptual is an acceptance that things might not work out. We all know that marriage is not a bed of roses, and that hard work and comitment are needed.
It seems we have various way to go with this;
a) admit the possibility of a divorce in the future, and either the Church removes the "Till death do us part" from the ceremony, failing that,
b) We all have civil marriages
What do you guys think ?
By the way, I am not being insensitive here; my own father was divorced,(as a Roman Catholic he was ex-communicated for that). My wife and I have had our very rough moments.................
I know that many divorces are inevitable, and that, for people to suffer greatly within a marriage seems 'wrong'.
It just strikes me that Marriage is something that we need to go into with a conviction that it will be forever; to even allow the though that things might not work out is allowing the mechanism of "I can't cope with this any more, I am off" to creep into our minds
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Expert: 'She could get a huge chunk of his wealth'
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LONDON, England (AP) -- When he's 64, Paul McCartney may well be on a long and winding road -- through the courts -- in one of Britain's most expensive divorce cases.
With Wednesday's announcement that the former Beatle and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, have separated, speculation immediately turned to the financial settlements surrounding the end of their four-year marriage.
"She could get a huge chunk of his wealth," said Patricia Hollings, a divorce specialist with the London legal firm Finers Stephens Innocent. (Watch the good and bad times in Beatle marriage -- 2:00)
Hollings said that Mills McCartney's relatively young age -- she is 38 -- and the fact that they have a child, combined with McCartney's "staggering" wealth and celebrity status, have the potential to push the settlement into the stratosphere.
On Wednesday, McCartney, who turns 64 next month, posted a message on his personal Web site saying that he was upset over suggestions that Mills McCartney had simply married him for his fortune, estimated to be $1.5 billion. (Full story)
The couple did not have a prenuptial agreement, Mills McCartney said in a Vanity Fair interview in 2002.
"It's been suggested that she married me for the money and there is not an ounce of truth in this," McCartney said in the posting. "She is a very generous person who spends most of her time trying to help others in greater need than herself. All the work she does is unpaid so these stories are ridiculous and completely unfounded."
Earlier in the day, the couple issued a joint statement insisting their split was friendly -- but said that intrusions by the media made it difficult to sustain their relationship.
"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said. "Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much."
McCartney and Mills McCartney married in June 2002, four years after his wife Linda McCartney died of breast cancer. Linda and Paul McCartney married in 1969, and had three children -- Mary, Stella and James.
That marriage was one of showbiz's most enduring unions; after Linda McCartney's death, a family spokesman said they "never spent a night apart in the 30 years that they have loved one another."
McCartney and Mills McCartney met at a charity event in 1999, and their relationship immediately made tabloid headlines, not simply because of the difference in their ages but also because of the supposed disapproval of McCartney's children. There were also stories about rowdy arguments between the pair.
Mills McCartney has also been accused of meddling in her husband's career -- such as the dismissal of his longtime publicist Geoff Baker -- and even of influencing him on issues as diverse as dying his hair and plastic surgery.
At one point, McCartney felt forced to defend his wife publicly. In a statement on Mills McCartney's personal Web site, McCartney posted a note blasting the media and denying the rumors, including suggestions that his children disliked their stepmother.
Mills McCartney is a former model and a vociferous animal-rights campaigner who recently traveled with McCartney to eastern Canada to fight that country's seal hunt. On that trip, they appeared happy and professional, an Associated Press reporter who accompanied them said.
In 1993, Mills' left leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident, and she became active in campaigning against land mines.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
I heard this on the television this morning, during which two lawyers (guests in the studio) were talking about how Paul must be angry with himself that he ignored the advice to have pre-nuptual contracts drawn up before the marriage. One of the lawyers said :" It is far better to draw up a pre-nuptual agreement before the marriage; it isn't very expensive, and it saves all the harrowing effects of having to "fight it out in court at the end of a marriage" ".
To me, the idea of a pre-nuptual implies an acceptance that the marriage may not work. We go into church, say our vows; 'til death do us part'.
There is, of course, current & historical evidence to show that many marriages do fail, and that divorce may well ensue. The lawyer was saying that England unlike most other European countries, we rarely have pre-nuptuals, and that "we should get with the beat baggy".
To me, a pre nuptual is an acceptance that things might not work out. We all know that marriage is not a bed of roses, and that hard work and comitment are needed.
It seems we have various way to go with this;
a) admit the possibility of a divorce in the future, and either the Church removes the "Till death do us part" from the ceremony, failing that,
b) We all have civil marriages
What do you guys think ?
By the way, I am not being insensitive here; my own father was divorced,(as a Roman Catholic he was ex-communicated for that). My wife and I have had our very rough moments.................
I know that many divorces are inevitable, and that, for people to suffer greatly within a marriage seems 'wrong'.
It just strikes me that Marriage is something that we need to go into with a conviction that it will be forever; to even allow the though that things might not work out is allowing the mechanism of "I can't cope with this any more, I am off" to creep into our minds
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/17/mccartney.legal.ap/
Paul McCartney faces expensive divorce
Expert: 'She could get a huge chunk of his wealth'
Thursday, May 18, 2006; Posted: 4:51 a.m. EDT (08:51 GMT)
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LONDON, England (AP) -- When he's 64, Paul McCartney may well be on a long and winding road -- through the courts -- in one of Britain's most expensive divorce cases.
With Wednesday's announcement that the former Beatle and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, have separated, speculation immediately turned to the financial settlements surrounding the end of their four-year marriage.
"She could get a huge chunk of his wealth," said Patricia Hollings, a divorce specialist with the London legal firm Finers Stephens Innocent. (Watch the good and bad times in Beatle marriage -- 2:00)
Hollings said that Mills McCartney's relatively young age -- she is 38 -- and the fact that they have a child, combined with McCartney's "staggering" wealth and celebrity status, have the potential to push the settlement into the stratosphere.
On Wednesday, McCartney, who turns 64 next month, posted a message on his personal Web site saying that he was upset over suggestions that Mills McCartney had simply married him for his fortune, estimated to be $1.5 billion. (Full story)
The couple did not have a prenuptial agreement, Mills McCartney said in a Vanity Fair interview in 2002.
"It's been suggested that she married me for the money and there is not an ounce of truth in this," McCartney said in the posting. "She is a very generous person who spends most of her time trying to help others in greater need than herself. All the work she does is unpaid so these stories are ridiculous and completely unfounded."
Earlier in the day, the couple issued a joint statement insisting their split was friendly -- but said that intrusions by the media made it difficult to sustain their relationship.
"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said. "Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much."
McCartney and Mills McCartney married in June 2002, four years after his wife Linda McCartney died of breast cancer. Linda and Paul McCartney married in 1969, and had three children -- Mary, Stella and James.
That marriage was one of showbiz's most enduring unions; after Linda McCartney's death, a family spokesman said they "never spent a night apart in the 30 years that they have loved one another."
McCartney and Mills McCartney met at a charity event in 1999, and their relationship immediately made tabloid headlines, not simply because of the difference in their ages but also because of the supposed disapproval of McCartney's children. There were also stories about rowdy arguments between the pair.
Mills McCartney has also been accused of meddling in her husband's career -- such as the dismissal of his longtime publicist Geoff Baker -- and even of influencing him on issues as diverse as dying his hair and plastic surgery.
At one point, McCartney felt forced to defend his wife publicly. In a statement on Mills McCartney's personal Web site, McCartney posted a note blasting the media and denying the rumors, including suggestions that his children disliked their stepmother.
Mills McCartney is a former model and a vociferous animal-rights campaigner who recently traveled with McCartney to eastern Canada to fight that country's seal hunt. On that trip, they appeared happy and professional, an Associated Press reporter who accompanied them said.
In 1993, Mills' left leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident, and she became active in campaigning against land mines.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
