Celebrity Divorce: Kelly Clarkson & Brandon Blackstock on Amicable Co-Parenting, Women Out-earning Men, Child & Spousal Support

Kind of lost on whether Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock are actually divorced yet, but the news report is that they are at least back to amicable co-parenting on the Montana ranch. The ranch was in the settlement dispute.

 

The topics for discussion on this episode are:

 

1. Amicable co-parenting post litigation

 

2. The Difficulties in a relationship when the woman out earns the man

 

3. Spousal Support vs Child Support

 

What you will learn is:

 

1. Why it’s hard to amicably co-parent when in the middle of divorce litigation
   1. How to get back to amicable co-parenting
   2. The importance of amicable co-parenting
   3. The damage to the children when co-parents fight

 

2. The issues in divorce when the woman out earns the man
   1. How our culture still views the earning capacity of each gender
   2. Why men who make less than women (even if they have a very respectable salary) ask for more than the law allows in the division of assets
   3. What men should understand in a high net worth divorce settlement if their wives out earn them

 

3. The intricacies in evaluating Spousal Support
   1. Lots of factors go into the evaluation of spousal support
   2. How different states view spousal support
   3. When spousal support might not be assigned

 

4. Child Support pays for what?
   1. What the monthly amount of child support pays for
   2. The average range of child support
   3. Why it’s important not to argue about where child support is spent