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High Profile Celebrity Couple Divorce

Celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have announced that they will be getting a divorce following almost ten years of marriage.

The announcement came following a joint statement on the matter after the mainstream had reported a potential divorce. The couple, who have three children, have confirmed that Affleck will continue to live separately on the same property as Garner for the sake of his children and the family.

According to multiple media sources, the couple is worth at least $150 million and announced their divorce a day after their tenth wedding anniversary. According to numerous sources, the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement but will work with managers, business managers and mediators to negotiate their settlements from the divorce. It has already been announced that they have agreed to share custody of their three children.

The negotiation process could take a relatively long time as although Ben Affleck has had more success on the big screen, a substantial amount of capital comes from syndication from Garner’s former show Alias. The negotiations may also be drawn out over the numerous properties owned by the couple with an LA ranch, a Manhattan apartment, a ski chalet and an 83-acre estate in Georgia.

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Same Sex Marriage - Bringing Marriage Into the Spotlight

The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 will come into force on 16 December, 2014 – this means that the first same sex marriages in Scotland can take place from 31st December 2014.

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Pre-nuptial Agreements & Adultery Clauses

Earlier this month, after it was revealed that the couple had married, details of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s prenuptial agreement began to surface. Amongst other things, it was reported that an adultery clause was included granting primary child custody to Angelia should Brad be unfaithful, and that they maintain separate ownership of assets brought into the marriage.

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Celebrity couple to sign prenup

Celebrity couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are rumoured to be planning to sign a prenuptial agreement before they get married, reports TMZ.

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Study finds a quarter of divorces are 'inefficient'

A new study by researchers at Iowa State University has found that in around a quarter of divorces, couples might actually have been happier if they had stayed married, and therefore their divorce was what researchers have termed “inefficient”.

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