Wise to Put Romance Aside and Get Real ; John Cleese has Walked Away From a Court in California Pounds 12 Million Worse Off Following His Divorce Settlement with Alyce Faye Eichelberger. Kate Longhurst, Family Lawyer with Stephens Scown, Explains Why a Pre-Nuptial Agreement Could Have Saved a Lot of Heartache - and Cash

Western Morning News, The › August 28, 2009

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S O AFTER two years of acrimonious legal arguments, the Cleese divorce has been finalised and a settlement reached - it would be fairly safe to say the Oscar-nominated comedy actor is probably not laughing now, having had to shell out Pounds 8 million in cash and assets plus more than Pounds 600,000 annually for the next seven years.

The protracted court proceedings could probably have been avoided if the couple had signed a pre-nuptial agreement - something Mr Cleese should maybe have realised, given this was his third marriage and had previously reached financial agreements with his first two wives.

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Wise to Put Romance Aside and Get Real ; John Cleese has Walked Away From a Court in California Pounds 12 Million Worse Off Following His Divorce Settlement with Alyce Faye Eichelberger. Kate Longhurst, Family Lawyer with Stephens Scown, Explains Why a Pre-Nuptial Agreement Could Have Saved a Lot of Heartache - and Cash

Once again this particular case brings into sharp focus the impact that a pre-nuptial agreement can have when it comes to financial settlements. As the law currently stands in this country, pre-nuptial agreements are not legally binding. It is this that sets the law apart in a very differ...

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