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Does Mel Gibson's wife deserve half his fortune? ($500 Million)
The Australian Telegraph ^
| April 16, 2009 12:01am
Posted on 04/15/2009 1:54:44 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: Ted Grant
No fault divorce has a long tradition, despite what critics of it say. In the Jewish tradition, a husband could divorce his wife for any or no reason - it was perfectly right and holy, as far as God was concerned. Christian tradition changed that, but it suggest no fault is somehow new doesnt hold water.
No fault is relatively new in the United States. I don't care what other countries do or have done. Are you vying for a spot on Obama's Supreme Court?
I see no reason to do away with no fault. If one party wants out, forcing them to remain together isnt a wise thing.
Eliminating no fault doesn't force anyone to stay together. It merely restores consequences to divorce, AND it makes it more difficult, so that people don't toss away their marriages on a whim, as they do now. Either party might be a little less likely to cheat if they knew that they could be thrown out on their butts with nothing as a consequence.
To: hinckley buzzard
Ouch. My Dad used to do divorcees. Then again, there is a reason he wanted to absolutely get out of this type of civil law as soon as possible, even with never handling cases that dealt with children. He does something much more respectable...He chases ambulances :D (sort of, more like motorcyclists who are in them)
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posted on
04/16/2009 11:54:01 PM PDT
by
Toki
(The cows go moo, the ducks go quack, and Toki slowly goes mad.)
To: fr_freak
No, I am not a supreme court nominee. I’m just pointing out that in the Judeo part of the Judeo-Christian tradition, no fault divorce was acceptable and moral for 1,000s of years.
I think if at least one party wants out of the marriage, he or she should do it, with no financial penalty. Maintaining a 50% interest in marital property is contingent on being married, not contingent on staying faithful.
I just don’t see the upside of forcing two people to remain married when one person wants out.
To: LouAvul
What are you, some kind of slime ball divorce lawyer? I know my opinion doesn't matter in this case, neither does any body’s who is not involved in the litigation. I am glad you are so happy about multimillion dollar divorce awards and such an expert on divorce law. This must just make your day.
To: Toki
My Dad used to do divorcees.
I’m happy for your father.
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posted on
04/17/2009 3:04:02 PM PDT
by
Mashood
To: Non-Sequitur
All I see is a hug and it looks like she is hugging him. This doesn’t prove anything.
To: Ted Grant
I think if at least one party wants out of the marriage, he or she should do it, with no financial penalty. Maintaining a 50% interest in marital property is contingent on being married, not contingent on staying faithful.
I just dont see the upside of forcing two people to remain married when one person wants out.
I already addressed both of these points. The way a debate works is: point-counter point-counter counter point, etc. If you are going to repeat the same thing over and over, I'm not going to waste my time with you.
To: lewisglad
They shouldn’t be getting a divorce.
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posted on
04/17/2009 3:36:07 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
i have lost all respect for him. his faith cannot mean much to him.
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posted on
04/17/2009 3:48:24 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I'm shocked that they would consider such a thing. How many children do they have?
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posted on
04/17/2009 4:41:27 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Vendome
Can’t speak for anyone else, but most of Mel’s appeal for me all these years was the fact that he’s a family man.
His wife, though in the background, provided credibility.
Now he has none.
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posted on
04/17/2009 5:13:09 PM PDT
by
b9
("Without gratitude, there is no happiness." ~ Theodore Dalrymple)
To: b9; trisham
i totally agree, b9. there are plenty of hot male actors with scummy personal lives who hold no appeal for me; mel’s appeal was the total package. apparently it was not a true picture.
trisham, i think they have at least 7 kids.
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posted on
04/17/2009 5:31:18 PM PDT
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xsmommy
To: fr_freak
Not really. You said that eliminating no fault divorce ‘merely restores consequences to divorce, AND it makes it more difficult.’ I’m saying the consequences of divorce should be that each party gets the whole of their fair share and is free to go out and do whatever they want with it.
Nothing you wrote undermines the value of that point. I don’t think no fault makes anyone more or less likely to stray - that’s another issue, regardless of your dismissive talk of point/counterpoint.
To: b9
His wife was/is an amazing woman.
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:51:47 PM PDT
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Vendome
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