The original signs suggest a smooth and friendly split between Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West.
Just as “Kimye” just like Kim and Kanye with Kardashian filters for divorce Friday at the Los Angeles Superior Court, they do so with a prenuptial agreement instead, independent fortune and a desire to share time with him. their four young children.
The presence of the prenup means that the couple seems to have kept much of their assets – acquired through reality TV and sent the celebrity to several lucrative business ventures, earned through music and fashion – separately. during their 6 1/2 years of marriage.
“Where rich, pregnant people are getting married, the prenup will usually say ‘My income lives on me and your income stays with you,’” the person said. Lawyer Daniel Jaffe, a major player in Southern California’s famous divorce for decades. “So if there is, of course, there will be no major property issues.”
For the four children between the ages of 7-years North and Psalm 21-months, Kardashian seeks cohabitation in her divorce documents. That does not necessarily mean equal time or decisions for almost 16 years until all children are adults.
Kim Kardashian seeks joint custody of her children in her divorce documents. (Photo: Kim Kardashian / Instagram)
“There’s a lot of wiggle room in the area between joint care,” said divorce lawyer Reid Aronson. “I know I have cases where they say it’s shared care, but that’s just because the party that doesn’t have a hold on them doesn’t want to feel excluded. -mach. “
But Jaffe says in most cases, legally at least, “all parties are involved in making big decisions including children’s education, children’s travel, faith building children. ”
Neither Jaffe nor Aronson are involved in this divorce.
It will take at least six months under the law for the couple to be divorced, but it is likely to take longer to come to terms with the finances and property involved, even with a friendly separation. and prenup.
The seizure of small children is never final. The court is always changing, and the details are often worked out in individual legal proceedings long after the couple has separated.
Despite signs of peace, divorce often turns painful as it progresses.
“I hear a friendly divorce when those things start all the time, and it looks like something is happening and it explodes,” Jaffe said. “The relationship has just been ruined by someone doing something normally silly and or their lawyers doing something completely stupid, which turns a friendly divorce into a divorce. cunning. ”
Any sign of strife for details of what was among the largest unions that followed the 21st century will be caught by the media, and the couple must fight to keep the divide from playing out in public, such as which is much of the last year of their marriage.
Judges usually agree to keep information about children’s finances and lives out of public scrutiny.
And high-profile couples, including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have increasingly paid for private judges, keeping unpleasant details from being public.
Kardashian lawyer Laura Wasser, the most popular lawyer for separating celebrities with a steady stream of A-list clients, has frequently used private judges.
But strategic jumps can happen whenever a client or their lawyer wants them, as happened in the divorce of Pitt-Jolie, who also started out very friendly but has slowed down with arrest and child support disputes.
Such leaks are a key to getting a divorce.
“I would advise my clients to refrain from trying the issue in the media, because that’s where it’s very complicated, because if someone says something they don’t like the other person has to get back and answer, ”Jaffe said. “So instead of doing this between lawyers or in a courtroom, what we have on page six is where every lawsuit is going to take place. And that doesn’t help to resolve these issues amicably. ”