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I will be hosting PBI’s Business Valuation and Divorce seminar on August 12, 2009 – both live in Pittsburgh and by satellite broadcast in Philadelphia, Erie, Mechanicsburg/Harrisburg, Washington, Greensburg, Reading, West Chester and Wilkes-Barre.

Instead of making eight kids move back and forth after their parents separate, the kids of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” will remain in the family residence, and their parents Jon and Kate Gosselin will take turns staying with them.

A fun story about a New York wife who needs $53,000 – per week! – in support from her husband, the former United Technologies chairman George David. Well, she’s a countess, after all.

A recent news item by Jen Chung on Gothamist reports that a New York doctor is demanding that his estranged wife return the kidney he donated to her during their separation…. or pay him its value of $1.5 million. Newsday reports that Batista married wife Dawnell in 1990 and that he donated the kidney in 2001. According to Batista, their marriage was on the rocks then, but “My first priority […]

A recent edition of Value Matters, a periodical published by Mercer Capital Group, illustrates the reasons for having a buy-sell agreement and what options might be available. Buy-sell agreements are advisable for the same reason as prenuptial agreements: they structure the consequences of a possible future incident such as shareholder disharmony, death, or divorce. The valuation provisions of a buy-sell agreement, which may dictate the share price in the event […]