Should Charlie Sheen’s Ex-Wives Accept His Proposal?

Charlie Sheen wants his kids to live real close by?

Charlie Sheen wants two of his ex-wives to move into his gated Los Angeles community, and he is willing to foot the bill for the house and the moving expenses so that he can live closer to his four children, reports AOL Real Estate.

Experts say it is good for the kids if divorce parents live within close proximity of each other, but only if they can all get along. “They must have resolved their anger, internal pain, hurt, and practice forgiveness for and with each other,” says Dr. Joyce Morley.

Just how would one describe Charlie Sheen’s relationship with exes Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller?

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Tips for Buying a “Divorce” House

Buying a home from a divorcing couple can have its advantages and disadvantages.

Imagine putting an offer in on your dream home only to attend the pre-inspection walk-through to learn that a bitter, divorcing husband flooded the house the night before by leaving all of the faucets running. That actually happened with a New York home where the husband just didn’t want the wife to have money from the home sale proceeds.

We always hope that when we have an accepted offer on a home that we will actually close, but there can be hiccups along the way due to the family dynamics of the sellers. And when divorce is involved, fingers crossed that you’ll even get an accepted offer.

Read what the experts have to say about buying a divorce home.

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Learn Lesson from Dennis Hopper Heirs’ Estate Battle

Victoria, Dennis and Marin Hopper in 2008

Dennis Hopper, who passed  away in May at age 74, was in the middle of divorce proceedings when he died of prostate cancer complications. Now apparently his adult off-spring from other marriages aren’t so happy that they have to share estate proceeds with the widow, Victoria Duffy, and the couple’s 7-year-old daughter Galen, reports HousingWatch.

This might seem like another Hollywood celebrity tale, but there’s a lesson every family can learn from the Hopper family struggles, whether you earn millions a year or just thousands. 

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Miss Great Britain Pageant Lifts Divorce, Parent Ban

Ladies in the running for the crown of Miss Great Britain can reign supreme even if they are divorced or single moms — previously this was a big no-no for the pageant, which began in 1945, reported the Daily Mail.  For the first time in its 65-year history, the pageant is not limited to the childless, never-marrieds.  

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Would a 9th Marriage for Liz Taylor End in Divorce?

The Celebrity gossip mill is buzzing that Elizabeth Taylor, 78, is engaged to be married to Janet Jackson’s talent manager, Jason Winters, 49, as first reported in Us Weekly.

Taylor is the queen of divorces—eight in all when you count her two divorces from Richard Burton. But there is a good chance that the talk of marriage number nine  stems from someone’s desire to spread publicity about her lust for a big screen comeback.  While other sources say that even if she did marry Winters, the marriage would be a sham.

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Elizabeth Taylor’s Marriage-Divorce Timeline

Elizabeth Taylor, 78, is renown for her many husbands and divorces almost as much as she is for her stellar age-old acting career.  Here’s a look at the men she married, and in one case, re-married. —SHEREE R. CURRY

No. 1: Conrad “Nicky” Hilton
May 6, 1950 – Jan. 29, 1951
About 2 1/2 months after she turned 18 years old, Liz wed hotel heir Conrad Hilton (Paris Hilton’s granduncle). They divorced 205 days later, a month before she turned 19.  

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When Kid’s Religion is Divorce Issue

When interfaith parents divorce, religion of the children can often become a contested issue, even if during the marriage they had agreed on how to raise the children.

The issue can be further complicated when one parent converted to the religion of the other spouse before or during the marriage, but then wants to revert back to a previous religion after the marriage—and convert the children as well.

How courts handle the issue, if it is brought before them, can be a delicate balance of separation of church and state while respecting each person’s right to freedom of religion.

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DMX’s Wife Plotting Divorce, or Just a Book Plot?

 

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The wife of rapper DMX says she is planning to file for a divorce after 20 years and four kids together, but she hasn’t yet, according to a report at The Boombox. The pre-mature announcement seems to blatantly be a way to help Tashera Simmons get publicity for her upcoming book as the wife of the probation-violating hip-hop artist, who she says she’s known since they were 11-year-old kids. “With all the drama and everything going on now, I think my book explains everything,” she said.

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Mom Can Keep Kids in U.S. Although Dad Left Country

A divorced mother won a battle that allows her to keep her children in Missouri after her ex-husband moved from the Show-Me state to Israel, ruled the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tamar Barzilay says in the court documents that when she took their children on a vacation to Israel in summer 2006, her ex, Sagi, who had moved to Israel six months prior, under a year after their January 2005 divorce, forced her to sign documents agreeing to move permanently with the children to Israel by August 2009.  She signed, but said she never had any intention of complying.

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Divorced Woman Who Lost Frozen Embryo Fight Has Options

A 10-year legal battle over a divorced woman’s request to be implanted with the embryos she and her ex-husband had frozen and stored might not be over given a recent ruling from the 8th Circuit federal appeals court that says it lacked jurisdiction to hear her claim against the medical center that will not release the embryos to her. She does, however, have other options available to her without having to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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