This summer, Halle begins filming a movie in Africa which will keep her there permanently for three months, and she wants to take Nahla with her. This would mean Aubry being unable to see his young daughter for an extended period of time, which he refuses to let happen. Things got very heated, but no progress was made for either party as they hit a tumultuous stalemate, during which both began to contemplate a legal battle.

Gabriel Aubry was looking into his options of obtaining full custody of Nahla, a move which Halle recently countered by offering a kind of solution. Halle offered Aubry to stay in her rental home with her and Nahla for their three months in Africa as Nahla’s primary nanny. Halle will even pay Aubry as though he were a hired caregiver. If the two cannot get along for the sake of their daughter, then Halle also agreed to rent Aubry a house nearby, so that he can stay in the area to remain Nahla’s nanny.

This is a very unusual solution, but one that is certainly in the best interest of their daughter. If things do not workout well for the ex-couple in Africa, they might soon be seeking the aid of divorce lawyers. For more information concerning separations and divorce proceedings, refer to experienced Newport Beach divorce lawyers. Hopefully, Halle and Aubry’s solution will work, and the two will not be reaching out for legal aid any time soon.

However, he will appear in a Massachusetts court next month on June 24 in reference to another ex according to the Norfolk register of Probate. Brown has filed a bid to prove to the court that he can no longer afford the $5,500 a month he pays to Kim Ward the mother to two of Brown’s children because he has had a “material change in circumstances.” Brown has been delinquent in the past with his child support payments to Ward. In 2006, the MA court threatened to arrest Brown if he were to enter the state Massachusetts because he owed Ward $11,000 in child support. Brown ended up spending three nights in the Norfolk County jail and had to pay the court $19,150.

With his long history of family law issues it sounds like Brown needs to secure the permanent assistance of a good Boston divorce attorney.

It was reported that Charlie and Denise came up with and signed a written agreement that grants Denise full custody of their 6-year-old and 4-year-old daughters.

Before this, the two celebs had joint custody of the kids and Charlie was reportedly paying Denise $50,000 monthly for child support since their 2005 divorce.

Given Charlie’s current marital situation, criminal issues and problems staying sober, however, Denise wanted sole custody and Charlie apparently had no problem with that.

Denise now has the power to make all decisions regarding the two girls without any of Charlie’s input necessary.

It’s reassuring to know some celebs – sober or not – can actually make reasonable decisions sometimes, especially when it comes to their children. Hopefully this will make Sheen clean up his act, especially if/when Brooke Mueller packs her bags and takes his other two children away!

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After four children and almost five years of marriage, the legendary Shaquille O’Neal filed for divorce from his wife Shaunie back in September.

O’Neal also said in his petition that Shaunie had been “secretive about her assets … particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities.” He requested that the court require his soon-to-be ex-wife to give a “correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities)” obtained during the marriage.

As part of the divorce, O’Neal, who makes approximately $1.8 million a month (yes, a month!), released his private financial records to the Palm Beach Post in January. He makes a ton of money, yes, but also spent a lot of it on expenses. The breakdown is as follows:

$156,116 on mortgages (for three properties)

$110,505 on trips and vacations

$31,299 on homeowners insurance

$26,500 on childcare

$24,300 on gas

$17,220 on clothing

$14,905 on electricity, phone bills and cable

$12,775 on food

…and the list continues.

This week, the two have finally reached a divorce settlement outlining all terms of the divorce including child custody and property division. Under their agreement, Florida courts will now have jurisdiction to officially divorce the couple and a judge will handle any issues that come about involving their spousal support and property division.

California courts, however, will have jurisdiction to handle any issues involving custody of their children.

All in all, Shaunie’s a very lucky lady and will most likely be walking away with about half of O’Neal’s overall worth.

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In a 20-minute hearing yesterday, a judge ordered Levi Johnston to pay child support and some back payments for the care of Tripp, the 1-year-old son of him and Bristol Palin.

Back in November, Bristol, the daughter of former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, filed a petition in accordance with Alaska law seeking sole custody of Tripp with visitation rights for

Johnston. The 19-year-old (then 17 years old) also requested $1, 7000 of child support a month from Johnston.

The judge eventually ruled that Johnston must pay $1, 688.42 a month in support, extending back to when the child was born in December 2008.

Bristol’s lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, told TMZ, “Bristol is pleased with the court rulings today and looks forward to resolving the remaining issues with Levi.”

Everyone’s sick of hearing about these two already. Johnston needs to take responsibility and pay his support and Bristol needs to move on. Enough is enough!

In an arbitration hearing, the hired arbitrator carefully listens to both parties and makes a final decision that cannot be appealed. Many couples choose this route if they want to avoid a messy, expensive and more drama-filled divorce.

According to Jon’s lawyer Mark Heller, the chosen arbitrator is expected to rule in a month and it’s very likely the couple’s contentious divorce could be finalized by the end of this year.

The many issues discussed include child support and custody of their eight children and distribution of assets.

Like many celebrity divorces, there’s a good chance things can go sour for the Gosselins, but we can all count on the reliable and relentless media to continue giving us the play-by-play.

During his nine year basketball career, Caffey played for the Chicago Bulls, the Golden State Warriors, the Milwaukee Bucks, and made lots of bucks, approximately five million a year. He’s retired now so he should be able to find some time to drop a check in the mail, wouldn’t you think?