McCartney Divorce Ruling Due March 17

LONDON — A British judge will give the financial terms of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' divorce settlement on March 17.

The Judicial Communications Office said Judge Hugh Bennett would deliver his ruling to McCartney, Mills and their lawyers during a private court hearing.

He will then decide, after hearing from their lawyers, whether to make any of the ruling public.

In Britain, divorce cases are heard behind closed doors, but the secrecy has only spurred speculation about the possible size of a financial settlement.

Mills, 40, and McCartney, 65, separated in 2006 after four years of marriage. They spent six days in court earlier this month trying _ and failing _ to decide on Mills' share of the former Beatle's fortune, estimated at up to $1.6 billion.

Media reports have suggested McCartney offered Mills about $50 million and that she was seeking at least double that amount.

Mills is a former model whose left leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident in 1993. She became active in campaigning against land mines and in favor of animal welfare.

The couple have a 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice.

Comments

[caracas]

Heather Mills is a leg end in her own mind.

[michie62]

I hope it costs her the ability to talk about their marriage or him or their daughter publicly. I also hope she does not move to USA, I, for one, do not welcome such trash into this country. She is like a terrorist, only one with a disability so she has the appearance of not being treacherous. I think she should go live with one of the former customers she had when taking pictures for the sex manual. She is lower than low and not a model parent.

[truthyguy]

"McCartney... married Mills, a former model, in 2002."

WRONG! Let's be accurate as to her past employment. She was a former whore.

[SlippingInTheDip]

She should get a job at "IHOP"...

[wadenelson1]

I just hope it doesn't cost the poor man an arm and a leg.

[tkondaks]

Crickets.