Even if burning down your ex girlfriend collection of Quiksilver Clothing seems attractive, if she has proof of ownership she will definitely claim the damage back. And it could even go further as just financial compensation. If you went mad and lost control of yourself it could go far further and a good lawyers could try to put pressure on your low mental stability.

During a divorce, nothing is simple so try to not to do things you would regret ten times afterwards. The law is strict and lawyers know they can always emphasis on bad behavior to get their client more of this or that. Children come in mind first of course. Having violent conduct will never get you the favor of the judges so keep it cool and tidy and you’ll thank yourself in ten year when everything is back and you’ve got a new young and charming beauty at your arm.

So, anyone’s got a lighter?

The stereotypical image of a man in his mid-life crisis is new trendy haircut, leather jacket, new sports car or motorcycle and possibly a new woman on his arm. Many men are said to try and recapture their youth with a new younger woman on their arm and their change in style is an attempt to try and make themselves more appealing. More extreme image changes could involve a face lift, or a vigorous gym regime.

Amy Winehouse has been on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean for about 8 months, but was spotted teary eyed back in the UK yesterday as she flew in and arrived with divorce on her mind. The divorce is essentially blamed on “adultery” and when Winehouse was asked in a divorce document whether or not she admitted adultery, she simple answered “Yes”. She supposedly admitted adultery back in April 2008, and since then the couple have not lived together. Winehouse is believed to have penciled a song entitled ‘Ultimate Betrayal’ - how apt!

They married in Miami in Florida back in 2007 but Fielder-Civil was jailed following alleged assault on a landlord which obviously didn’t help matters. The figure of £2m has been mentioned - at least she won’t be spending it on illegal substances then!!!

The marriage itself was a publicity stunt for the couple who wanted to raise their profiles in the public eye, but after 6 months they decided to call it a day. Estranged hubby Max confirmed it was simply a PR exercise.

The couple released a joint statement about the split, quoting:

“After much soul-searching we have made the mutual decision to end our marriage and have agreed to go our separate ways.

“Our parting is amicable and both of us still respect and care about each other immensely. There were no other people involved in this decision and we both look forward to a future as good friends.”

Peaches said soon after the wedding that she didn’t expect it to last forever. The couple a reported to have only been dating for about a month before they got hitched.

Even Paul McCartney’s divorce of Heather Mills is dwarfed in comparison to some of the names that top a list quoted in the Telegraph’s online newspaper back in 2008. This big divorce and think Jordan (not Katie Price but Michael Jordan), Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Mick Jagger, and Donald Trump, whose wife Ivana managed to wrestle a cool $25m dollars back in the early 1990s.

The list provided by the Telegraph (March 17th, 2008) lists the following cases. The source of the information is from Forbes Magazine:

£75.5 million - Michael Jordan versus Juanita Jordan

£75.5 million - Neil Diamond versus Marcia Murphy

£50 million - Steven Spielberg versus Amy Irving

£41 million - Kevin Costner versus Sindy Silva

£30 million - Kenny Rogers versus wife Marriane

£25 million - James Cameron versus Linda Hamilton

£24.3 million - Sir Paul McCartney versus Lady McCartney

£23 million - Michael Douglas versus first wife Diandra

£15 million - Ted Danson versus Casey Coates

£7.5 to £12.5 million - Mick Jagger versus Jerry Hall

Mel Gibson is set to become one of the big names supposedly about to top the list. If you can think of any other divorces that aren’t included in this blog post please let me know!!!

Federer has now beaten Roddick in 3 Wimbledon finals but this by far should be the icing on the cake. Federer has also won praise for his greatness as a person, a man, a husband and soon to be father. This blog concentrates on divorce but Federer has a wife who is 100% behind his commitment to the sport of tennis. Federer was worried that his wife Miroslava ‘Mirka’ would go into labour during the final and was arm-in-arm with her at last nights Wimbledon Winners Party. BBC coverage yesterday afternoon suggested that Federer’s pre-match tennis warm up partner kept a mobile phone in his sock in case of any emergency calls about ‘Mirka’ going into labour.

Despite the 15 majors he now has to his name, and being one of only 6 players to win all 4 grand slams, Federer plans to continue playing for years to come with the support of his wife, and plans to be on the circuit long enough to play in front of his new born as he picks up even more acclaim and further honours in the future.

No Divorce here then!!!

A source in the story claimed:

“It’s sad, but she’s (Price) given up the fight”

Recent stories of Price living up to this reputation have hit the headlines and websites have posted numrous pictures of Katie Price enjoying the single life again and showing little sign of sadness at the split, whereas Andre has lived a more sombre last month prefering to keep himself to himself with a private trip to see his family.

Price has since admitted feeling “shit and ugly”. Maybe the stress of her pending divorce is getting to her. Pictures post split show she’s partying to try and get over the split which will further infuriate Peter.

Of course, if you find that you disagree with your future wife on many aspects of your wedding, it won’t bode well for the future as you’ll always end up arguing.

For example, on my wedding I designed the order of service handouts myself, only to find that my wife’s brother-in-law decided he didn’t like them, and swapped the design for some Microsoft Word clip-art… WTF?

I also wanted a live wedding band for the occasion, but instead was overruled and her parents went with a disco, presumably someone they knew.

The point being, if you can’t have any input into your own wedding, the chances are you won’t have any input into your own married life.

Amazingly, in some cultures you can actually divorce your wife by text message. You don’t even need to go to court either, simply texting your wife and telling her that she’s divorced is considered final and absolute.

A Saudi Arabian did this recently and a court ruled that his action was legal under the law. Under their law, a man can divorce his wife by uttering the words ‘I divorce you’ three times, then they are legally divorced. As technology is become more widely used, the act of texting the information rather than saying it in person is considered sufficient.

It’s much harder for women to get a divorce though. They have to go to court and appeal against the male dominated system.

Now where’s my mobile?

Mel Gibson is said to be worth in the region of $1 billion after building a film career that very few actors have been able to emulate. He is regarded as one of the most successful actors and directors working in Hollywood today, making successful action movies such as the Lethal Weapon series, and more personal films such as The Passion of the Christ.

The couple didn’t agree a pre-nup when they were married, so under US law Robyn is entitled to half of Mel’s substantial fortune.