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Why Smart People Make Costly Divorce Mistakes

Why Smart People Make Costly Divorce Mistakes

Nobody enters a high-stakes divorce expecting every decision to be easy. Disputes over businesses, vacation homes, art collections, investment portfolios, and other significant assets are often unavoidable.
Ironically, intelligence isn't always an advantage during divorce. The qualities that...

Celebrity Divorce: It’s Not Cheating When It’s a Career

Celebrity Divorce: It’s Not Cheating When It’s a Career

Celebrity marriages are fraught with challenges, but the central issue here is that career demands can undermine a union even when neither spouse commits marital misconduct. Recent news about actress actress Margaret Qualley and musician/producer Jack Antonoff’s split, who have been married...

Lessons from The Bachelorette About Following a Judge’s Orders

Lessons from The Bachelorette About Following a Judge’s Orders

A high-profile, pseudo-celebrity divorce in Los Angeles is showing how costs multiply when parties fail to comply with a judge’s orders. According to msn.com, DeAnna Pappas, an alum of The Bachelorette, “scored a six-figure win after a Los Angeles judge ordered [her ex-husband Stephen]...


Is “The War of the Rosé” a “War of Choice”?

Is “The War of the Rosé” a “War of Choice”?

When divorce proceedings last five times as long as the marriage, we might wonder whether one or both of the parties isn’t ready to let go. This raises a significant irony: legal processes meant to finalize a dissolution can actually keep a couple entangled for as long as they find issues to...


7 Things You Should Know About Divorce and Friendship

7 Things You Should Know About Divorce and Friendship

Some of them may have been in your life before tying the knot. Some of them may be people you've befriended since you and your spouse have been together. Either way, friends aren’t part of your divorce, but they can certainly influence it in several ways, for better or for...

Divorce Without the Drama: The Kidman-Urban Blueprint

Divorce Without the Drama: The Kidman-Urban Blueprint

On Tuesday, January 8, 2026, a Nashville court finalized the divorce of actress Nicole Kidman and country musician Keith Urban. After nearly 20 years of marriage, Kidman filed for divorce on September 30, 2025, citing irreconcilable differences. Although the dissolution of the marriage has been...

Rebuilding After Divorce: Financially and Professionally

Rebuilding After Divorce: Financially and Professionally

Divorce creates a pivot point, regardless of how amicable or contentious it may be. The shift reshapes the structural, financial, and operational architecture of your future. Divorce invites a deeper level of strategic recalibration than many other life transitions. It’s an opportunity to...

Strategies to Protect Family Enterprises and Estates During Divorce

Strategies to Protect Family Enterprises and Estates During Divorce

For wealthy individuals and multi-generational families, divorce can destabilize succession planning. Divorce introduces dynamics that can complicate the division of marital assets, the transfer of business ownership, trust-based protection, and estate planning strategies.
An appreciation of...