Divorce

The head of a multibillion-dollar Texas company told a judge that the recession has left him professionally and personally on the verge of insolvency and that his net worth is below zero, leaving him unable to pay his wife the financial settlement she is seeking in...

Actors Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli have decided to divorce. Garth and Facinelli married 11 years ago and are raising three daughters, ages 14, 9 and 5. They met on the set of a television movie in 1996 and married five years later.Right after they announced their...

The wife of one of Austin's most famous part-time residents, actor Dennis Quaid, has filed divorce papers in a Travis County courtroom.Quaid married his real-estate agent wife seven years ago. Now she argues that there is nothing left to a marriage that has "become...

University of Texas football fans no doubt remember the fits that Barry Sanders caused the Longhorns in the 1980s. Those same fans will be interested to hear that the college and professional football legend recently filed for divorce.Sanders married his wife more...

The on-again, off-again divorce between a famed megachurch pastor -- who has a popular following in many states, including Texas -- and his wife is off again. Vanessa Long, who filed paperwork to divorce Bishop Eddie Long, asked that the petition be dismissed. It is...

Many Austin residents may have heard that Katy Perry and Russell Brand have finalized their divorce by reaching a comprehensive divorce settlement on all issues. The couple agreed that the settlement was uncontested and waived their right to go to trial. The couple...

The fairytale, made-for-TV wedding of reality TV star Kim Kardashian and estranged husband Kris Humphries could turn into a made-for-TV divorce.Unless Kardashian agrees to Humphries' request for an annulment based on fraud or reaches a financial settlement with him in...

A Texas man who married just three weeks after his previous wife served him with divorce papers has been removed from his job as a police officer pending a criminal investigation.Officials at the man's police department said the 34-year-old investigator is the subject...

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant have agreed to the property division in their divorce case, which this blog has previously reported on for Texas readers. The longtime professional basketball star has transferred ownership of three upscale homes -- with a total estimated value...

Texas residents who follow celebrity marriage may be interested to know that actress Mena Suvari has filed for divorce in her home state, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of the split. Suvari, who rose to prominence in 1999 when she appeared in "American...