Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Beatle Divorce Costs McCartney $48.7 Million - In the News

As a Beatle fan, I was curious and sad to read about Paul McCartney’s divorce. See Reuters article published on March 17, 2008 entitled "McCartney Divorce Costs Beatle $48.7 Million at http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL178643720080317?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews or at http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL178643720080317?rpc=28. The amount of the settlement seems very high for a short term marriage but perhaps as a percentage of his total worth of $800 million perhaps it is small. We often read about these high profile divorces but rarely read about high profile meditations. I am not sure it is because there are not many high profile divorce mediations or high profile couples choose mediation because it is more confidential and we don’t hear about the results. It is unfortunate that more people don’t read about mediation as an option. If more people read about mediation as an option to divorce, I believe more people would choose it. As always, you can post a comment about this blog, Divorce Mediation, or Tucson Arizona by following the directions at the right in the green column or at the bottom of this website. WM 3/19/08