Celebrities who pony up rich divorce settlements to their exes are thick on the ground in Hollywood.

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In America and most other European countries, divorce settlements take into account only those assets acquired during a marriage.

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These were often stay-at-home parents who didn't have the cash to hire decent lawyers, but had a good chance of landing handsome divorce settlements.

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That came just a couple of years after he lost a divorce battle to his former wife, Galina, in what was reported to be one of the U.K.'s biggest divorce settlements.

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Yet interestingly, divorce settlements are usually tax free.

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Lord Bach, replying for Labour, said that current divorce law leads to "too much uncertainty" for couples trying to come to financial settlements.

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By providing Lifestyle Analyses and other financial reports and projections, Jeff helps women and their divorce attorneys decide on the most advantageous way to divide marital assets, compute alimony and negotiate more favorable settlements.

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He assists women and their divorce attorneys with deciding on the most advantageous way to divide marital assets and enable them to negotiate more favorable settlements, especially when there are complicated financial and tax issues.

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