CBS Sportscaster Jim Nantz has been ordered to pay a heftyamount in alimony and child support to his ex-wife

In a rulling made in Bridgeport, Conneticut, Superior Court,the 26 year marriage of Nantz and Ann-Lorraine Carlsen Nantz was dissolved.Judge Howard Owens concluded that neither party was at fault.

The ruling stipulates that Nantz must pay $72,000 in alimonymonthly until he dies or his ex-wife remarries. Nantz must alsop pay another$1,000 weekly in child support for the next two years.

The judge said about Nantz “In fairness, for most of theyears he prioritized his family obligation and put his wife and daughterCaroline first. As frequently happens in marriages of lengthy duration, theparties do not have the same interest and ardor for their spouses endeavors.”

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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has been granted alegal separation from his wife Jo Wood.

Legal papers filed in the London High Court show that Woodcited adultery as the reason for the split. The 62 year-old Ronnie had split upwith his wife last year after he went on a drinking binge with a 20 year oldRussian cocktail waitress in Ireland. He was reported to be reconciling with Joafter completing a stint in rehab in September. The rock star however continuedhis affair with the cocktail waitress, named Ekaterina, after he was releasedfrom drug, alcohol, and sex addiction rehab.

Jo Wood said of the divorce, “I miss him but now I have moretime for me. And I don’t have to worry that I’m going to get home and he’ll bedrunk.” The final stage of the divorce, will be granted in 6 weeks.

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Shaquille O’Neal’s wife of seven years has filed forseparation from the basketball star.

V’shaundya O’Neal filed legal papers in Las Angeles onNovember 10, citing irreconcilable differences. “Shaunie” is also seeking solecustody of the couples’ four children, 9 year-old Shareef, 7 year-old Amirah, 6year-old Shaqir, and 3 year-old Me’Arah.

The filing is seen as a response to recent reports thatShaquille O’Neal has been romantically involved with Laura Govan, the fiancéeof fellow NBA player Gilbert Arenas. Court papers however, do not citeinfidelity as a petition for separation. Shaunie is also seeking an undisclosedamount of money in spousal support and child support payments.

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Actor Tom Sizemore owes more than $58,000 in child supportaccording to a lawsuit filed by his ex-wife in Los Angeles Superior Court thisweek.

Ex-wife Jinele Mc’Intire claims she is owed the money inback support for the couple’s twin boys that were born in 2005. Mc’Intire saysthe actor, famous for roles in movies like Saving Private Ryan, Point Break,and Heat, last saw his children when he was filiming the television show “SoberHouse” for which he was paid $200,000.

Mc’Intire stated in the lawsuit “Tom Sizemore is a Dead BeatDad.” She claims that due to the lack of money she has been forced to live witha friend while her children stay with her brother in Texas.

Mc’Intire is also seeking health insurance and legal feesfrom Sizemore.

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An annulment and a divorce are often grouped togetherbecause of their similarities, but there is a large difference between them.The two are similar in the sense that the legal relationship that began inmarriage comes to an end. The difference, however, is that when a marriage isannulled it is legally treated as if it never happened. This means eitherspouse can claim to have never been married on taxes and other officialdocuments.

In North Carolina a marriage can only be annulled for a fewreasons:

A husband and wife are more closely related than firstcousins.

The husband had been diagnosed with chronic medicalimpotency at the time of marriage

Either spouse was mentally incompetent to enter a legalcontract at the time of marriage

Either party was under the age of 16 at the time ofmarriage.

If you or someone you know is considering divorce, it isimportant to find an attorney you can trust, one who will work to reduce yourstress as much as possible in what can be a highly emotional and confusingsituation. Please contact the Raleigh Divorce Lawyers of Marshall & Taylor,P.C. by calling 919-833-1040.