by Christina Tetreault | AZ Foothills
Established actress Jane Lynch and her wife recently divorced. However, it didn’t come easy, nor cheap. According to TMZ, Lynches wife Lara Embry, will receive $1.2 million spaced over a 2-year period from her recent ex-wife. We all know that’s not any small chunk of change.
Laura also gets much more than the initial lump sum: half of several bank and trust accounts, totaling $847,485, half of a 401K totaling $315,079, half of the proceeds from their Mullholland Tennis Club membership, half of all royalties from Jane’s TV appearances, including “Glee“, half of their $56,810 tax refund, their L.A. Yacht club membership, and their dog Francis.
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in the state of Arizona, we want to know, how is it decided who has to pay more when settling a divorce? Does it have to do with the person who made more money? Is the length of the former marriage a factor?
We touched base with Kaine Fisher, local attorney and Chairman of the Family Law Department at Rose Law Group, and asked him to weigh in on high profile celebrity divorce settlement.
“Same-sex couples in Arizona can now breathe a sigh of relief. It has finally happened – same-sex marriage is permissible in the Wild West. By the hundreds, same-sex couples are flocking to churches, courthouses, 5-star desert resorts, rooftops, backyards, and hell, even into the middle of the street to get married before someone changes their mind. As it should be if you ask me. It’s about time two men or two women, who truly love and care for one another, can share in the same benefits that traditional married couples have enjoyed for centuries. Continued
