divorce

It’s messy enough when a mortal couple gets divorced, but when it’s a wealthy celebrity pair like Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, things get even more complicated. Case in point: after Kardashian pulled the plug on her much-hyped 72-day marriage to her NBA player husband, many wondered who’d get custody of her massive 20-carat diamond engagement ring.

Kim Kardashian’s family went into media overdrive on Tuesday, publicly stating their support for her and shooting down rumors her short-lived marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries, 26, was nothing more than a publicity stunt. And on Tuesday night, Kim took to her blog to have a say, as well.

If a report in In Touch Weekly is to be believed, superstar power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith have separated after 13 years of marriage. The Smiths are the parents of two already-famous children — ‘Karate Kid’ star Jaden, 13, and ‘Whip My Hair’ singer Willow, 10 — and their union has long been regarded as one of Hollywood’s strongest and most enduring.

The 2006 romantic comedy "The Break Up," which was about a couple, well, breaking up, was a huge hit at the box office for Jennifer Anistion. It turns out it was also a therapeutic experience for the actress, who filmed the movie not long after her 2005 divorce from Brad Pitt.

Clearly someone doesn’t love his way. ’70s rock icon Peter Frampton and his third wife, Christina Elfers, are divorcing. He’s asked for visitation rights to his 15-year-old daughter, Mia, but otherwise requests that his estranged spouse retain physical custody.

Fido has some real pull. A new survey of 1,500 pet owners in the US by petMD has revealed some interesting facts.

According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, social networking sites are now used as a primary source of evidence in four of out five divorcee proceedings. Facebook, the most popular social networking destination, is cited in two-thirds of divorce cases, followed by MySpace at 14 percent and Twitter at five percent...