Every year, the tabloids take a look back at the worst celebrity breakups, most bitter divorces and brutal court fights over cash.

Take it from a divorce attorney, the circumstances of celebrity splits are more than gossipy fodder for bloggers. These very public breakups offer important cautionary tales...

Tax Day is upon us.

For divorce lawyers like me, it's the time of year when folks going through a divorce often struggle with the same question: What do we do about our income tax returns?

If that's you, here is a bit of obvious advice -- file an extension...

We're another day closer to Valentine's Day -- the commercialized holiday of romantic love traditionally celebrated with gifts of red roses, tasty chocolates and, well, other things that too often don't last.

You know, she says she'll call you tomorrow, he promises to be faithful and the whole 'til...

From time to time, politicians think they can solve the problem of expensive, drawn-out divorces by creating new laws.

Some of these laws have been, for example, no-fault divorce, joint custody and automatically splitting community property 50/50. Trust me, those laws don't necessarily save you time or money if...

Arnold Schwarzenegger took some serious heat from the paparazzi press when he indicated on divorce papers that he did not want to pay spousal support to his soon-to-be ex-wife, Maria Shriver.

After the former California governor turned marriage "Terminator" got ripped in the tabloids, his lawyer quickly

When Elizabeth Taylor died last month at age 79, movie critic Roger Ebert wrote, "No other actress commanded more attention for longer, for her work, her beauty, her private life."

And he's right.

The violet-eyed starlet starred in 50 movies, twice won the Academy Award for Best...

I don't believe in curses.

The Cubs haven't won the World Series in more than a century for baseball reasons -- not because a certain Chicago tavern owner put a hex on them for not letting his goat inside Wrigley Field.

I feel the same way about the alleged hex...

Everybody's bashing Hugh Hefner for getting engaged to a woman who could be his great-granddaughter.

And I know people expect the divorce lawyer to say that the future Mrs. Hefner, 24-year-old Crystal Harris, could be a gold digger. And Ol' Hef better get himself an iron clad pre-nup or he'll...

At the end of the year, or in this case the end of the decade, it's important to take a look back at the mile markers we've passed along the way.

For a divorce lawyer like me -- and a lot of you who follow celebrity love lives in...

Here's a bit of last minute Christmas shopping tip: If your think your spouse is cheating on you, buy him or her a fancy smartphone and put it under the tree.

Android, iPhone, BlackBerry - any one will do.

They're all perfect for catching a committed partner with a...

Just the other day, Mayor Daley flipped on the lights on Chicago's giant Christmas tree at Daley Plaza. Well, you know what that means -- long lines at divorce court.

At divorce law offices like mine, 'tis the season for couples arguing over who should get the kids for the...

People are always asking me, "What's the chance I'll get divorced?"

I guess folks figure that because I'm a divorce attorney, I have an inside track on the odds a marriage will break up -- or that I keep a secret spreadsheet of the exact percentage of couples who will...

When I heard Spencer and Heidi Pratt filed for divorce and were seeking joint custody of their dogs my first thought was, "Spencer and Heidi, who?"

Then someone told me they're a reality TV couple and, well, headlines over their joint dog custody started to make a...

Kelsey Grammer is getting divorced from his ex-Playboy bunny wife, Camille, and all celebrity-gossip bloggers can talk about is that that TV's Frasier didn't have a pre-nuptial agreement that might save him a lot of dough on the break-up of his third marriage.

The tabloids say Camille Grammer stands to...

Rumors about the terms of Tiger Wood's pending divorce settlement are running rampant -- details about child custody, how property will be divided and how much of Tiger's fortune will go to estranged wife, Elin Nordegren.

But one thing is certain in divorce court: It ain't over 'til it's over.

The media dubbed it "America's Wedding" -- last week's glitzy, high profile nuptials of former President Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and her now husband, Mark Mezvinsky.

More than the bride's Vera Wang gowns, the reception's extravagant price tag and the big-name guest list, what really got people talking was that...

After more than 30 years of bachelorhood, I recently got married to my beautiful wife, Jana.
Now, people keep asking me, "How's married life?" -- an interesting question since I'm known as one of the premiere divorce attorneys in the country.

Well, for one thing, instead of coming...