Blog Posts in July, 2010

The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Divorce and Drunk Driving Debacle

Readers searching for divorce advice in Pasadena also are likely to be searching for help with other legal issues, just like the family of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to new information released this week, just three days before his wife, Mary Kennedy, was arrested for drunk driving, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce . The son of slain presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy filed ...

Melissa Etheridge's Ex Shocked By Divorce

Throughout singer Melissa Etheridge's very public battle with cancer in 2004, actress and wife Tammy Lynn Michaels was seen as a pillar of support during an extremely difficult time. In fact, the pair, married in Malibu, Calif., in 2003, seemed built to last -- overcoming not only cancer but career highs and lows as well as the busy personal life of raising twin daughters. This makes their recent ...

Burning Questions About Restraining Orders

Many times when people are seeking divorce advice in Pasadena, they are also wondering how to file a restraining order. We see couples in the news like Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva file dueling restraining orders. We hear about everyone from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to reality TV star Jack Osbourne filing restraining orders against harassing parties. Yet what do we ...

Supermodel's Divorce Gets Ugly

Supermodel Stephanie Seymour has been in the business of being beautiful since her days as a Victoria's Secret model in the late '80s and '90s. But her current role as a divorcing Connecticut housewife is far from pretty. Seymour and her estranged husband, billionaire paper mill mogul Peter Brant, appeared at a state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday for a pre-trial hearing. This bitter and ...

The Divorce, Custody Battle and Kidnapping of Jeremy London

As family lawyers, we see a lot of twists and turns both in and out of Pasadena courts. We like to say that nothing surprises us anymore. But we never thought we'd see Jeremy London, star of family-friendly TV hits like Seventh Heaven and Party of Five , involved in a drama that started with a divorce and ended with a kidnapping and crack smoking. Yet as more details emerge, it is clear that ...