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CELEBRITY DIVORCE:KRIS KARDASHIAN & BRUCE JENNER/ CAREY LOWELL & RICHARD GERE/ MICHAEL DOUGLAS & CATHERINE ZETA JONES

CELEBRITY DIVORCE
 KRIS KARDASHIAN AND BRUCE JENNER
CAREY LOWELL AND RICHARD GERE
MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND CATHERINE ZETA JONES
 

Yesterday, on the radio, we were asked to discuss the marriages, separations and the possible divorce’s of three famous couples; Richard Gere/Carey Lowell, Michael Douglass/Catherine Zeta Jones as well as the Kris Kardashian/Bruce Jenner splits.

Most celebrity divorces are the result of issues common folk like us have too; namely that the husband and wife change, and so do their common interests, leaving them with a change of heart about their partner and their marriage.

In the case of Carey Lowell and Richard Gere their 12 year age difference probably adds another dimension to their marital discord. Even being married to a handsome and famous man doesn’t change the fact that people at different stages of life have different interests and she, in her early 50’s, is certainly in a different phase of life from a man in his mid 60’s.

Religion is often a factor that contributes to disagreements particularly when you have children. In the case of Carey Lowell and Richard Gere he craves the privacy and solitude of Bedford,N.Y. where he can peacefully practice Buddhism and she, conversely reputedly likes socializing with big wigs.

The Catherine Zeta Jones/Michael Douglas marriage has been on again-off again for quite a while. The recent word is that they are getting back together. Certainly all couples, irrespective of who is initiating the divorce have trepidations about making the leap from married to divorced. It is not an easy step and their indecisiveness is just being played out publicly.

On to Bruce Jenner and Kris Kardashian. Unlike Carey Lowell and Richard Gere who live in an “equitable distribution” state, the Kardashian-Jenner’s live in California, a community property state.  Bruce has an estimated estate of $100 million dollars and Kris is supposed to have a net worth of $20 million dollars. Those numbers most probably makes them different from your run of the mill size divorce!!!! Additionally, other issues specific to a community property state abound. All wealth acquired before the marriage, as well as anything inherited during the marriage, are considered separate from the division of the combined marital estate. So the courts or the lawyers and accountants will have to determine what they (Kardashian and Jenner) earned during their 22 year marriage.


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