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What would Judge Judy do – in her own trial? We may find out, since the judge’s former best friend is suing her in California to get back property the plaintiff says the judge bought during a contentious divorce.   Judge Swoops in for a Deal  Patrice Jones reportedly alleges Judith Sheindlin and Jones’s former husband, a producer on Scheindlin’s “Judge Judy” show, conspired in 2009 for the husband to sell Sheindlin their valuable china and silverware collection for just …

The prenuptial agreement between a wealthy real estate magnate and his wife is no good, the Brooklyn Appellate Court ruled recently, tearing up the contract and allowing the couple’s divorce to proceed as if it had never been signed. Peter and Elizabeth Petrakis were married in 1998, in presumably happier times. However, there were already signs of trouble brewing when Elizabeth signed a prenup just four days before they tied the knot. According to her, Peter threatened that if she …

Lawyers.com recently reported on the rather unusually difficult divorces of Deion Sanders and Kim Kardashian. But you don’t have to a celebrity athlete or even “famous for being famous” to have a strange divorce. The infographic below provided by totaldivorce.com also shows that unusual divorces occur the world over. For example, some wives might feel they should only be so lucky — but one woman in Germany divorced her husband, claiming he cleaned too much! Read through to the bottom …

Former football star Deion Sanders on Tuesday was granted full custody of his sons, ages 11 and 13, as part of a bitter divorce from his wife, Pilar. The estranged couple was given joint custody of their 9-year-old daughter. Sanders, 45, was one of the top defensive backs of all time in the National Football League, and also sustained a 9-year Major League Baseball career during the off-season. His time in the majors included stints with the New York Yankees, …

More older Americans are getting divorced, and as a result more people are faced with dividing up retirement accounts at the end of a marriage.   Special Financial Issues People are living longer and social mores about divorce have relaxed, says Bari Weinberger, a family lawyer with the Weinberger Law Group in Parsippany, N.J. That has resulted in more older people seeking divorces. She adds that more women are exiting their marriages after their children are grown because they feel …