Prosperity gospel!!!!

Exactly!

I started working in animal welfare after Katrina. Like, the week after. It prepared me well for the stuff I’ve seen over the last decade, but it also still gives me literal nightmares.

Yep. Two of the animal care facilities I worked for have programs for fostering or on-site “boarding” for the pets of people who find themselves temporarily unable to care for them, be that due to military deployment, homelessness, or domestic violence. It’s a really wonderful thing, given that I can recall watching…

I remember that!! I can’t remember exactly what it said either but it sounds right. So mean.

Ooooh that one is good.

Right. “A short time” may be longer than half the length of the marriage, in this situation, if that’s what they decide on.

I can’t speak to the laws in Canada but she would have no entitlement after this amount of time, particularly if she did not contibute to maintenance or upkeep. AT MOST, she would be entitled to reimbursement of those costs assuming they were within normal limits (after one year of marriage and assuming she financed…

Also, I was in Baton Rouge, working in restaurant mgmt., when JL came in to eat with a friend, several months pregnant. Everyone handled it nicely, on the outside. On the inside: WE WERE LOSING OUR SHIT.

Maybe she is. Either way, she didn’t specifically mention a dollar amount in her initial filing (and requesting spousal support is customary with these kinds of income disparities), so I think (given Laura Wasser’s rep) his attorney is just doing her due diligence given his overall net worth.

If she can demonstrate that she turned down jobs equaling x amount of money, she’d have a stronger case. A year is really much too soon for something like alimony; I would (genuinely) hope that she’s not expecting much from this, because she won’t get much.

Name me one “little sister” of a big star. And they ALL try. It’s as much about the family as it is about the kids. Brit’s continued conservatorship makes me sad; it’s a real “golden goose” thing.

You’re totally right. It’s pretty standard, esp. with TMZ getting those records ASAP. But I would think one would rather— given the high profile— do it all behind the legal scenes, but if things have really broken down, one or both of them might not be willing to do that. Obviously since there’s no number attached to…

Outside of a celebrity (or long-term) marriage, it usually comes down to “I need time to make money (if I haven’t been working).” I believe Depp’s motion is just “she makes her own money, it’s enough for her to live on, and she hasn’t gotten used to a certain standard of living*”

I feel bad for her given that her OWN documentary features Brit making a guest appearance at her show. Ain't that some shit.

Exactly. I think this is some *interesting* PR, and I don’t think he’ll actually get out of all alimony— especially if he wants to keep the proceedings somewhat private (although I find this motion interesting assuming it’s not a bargaining chip)— but, legally speaking, she’s not getting anything, at least relative to…

Even so, with only a year of marriage, no kids, and a solid(-ish) work history, Heard is unlikely to profit. It’s not as cut-and-dried as “you married with no prenup, you get half now.” She will probably get alimony for a short time and that’s all.

I think there’s an opposite theory that can be posited, too, but tbh I don’t think either of them look so nice no matter what happened. It (the marriage) just seems like a bad decision on both their parts.

Yeah, it’s SO WEIRD how that whole thing— which is really a crazy rabbit hole, considering the whole saga— is a personal misfortune she apparently doesn’t feel inclined to exploit for attention!

Here’s a fun fact about Amanda Lauren: that husband she’s staying “hot” for? It’s Ethan Kass, who made a ton of unauthorized trades when he was a clerk at a hedge fund, losing them $8.5 million dollars. What a catch!!!