Burt Reynolds Quotes

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.

Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.

Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.

Child support should do just that - support children, not the federal government.

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands.

Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.

Stacey Napp understands the ugly side of divorce - which is often the side that involves money. In fact, she understands it so well that in 2008 she started a business, Balance Point Divorce Funding, which invests in divorce and probate litigation, helping clients cover costs in exchange for a share of the winnings.

If a man wish to separate from a woman who has borne him children, or from his wife who has borne him children: then he shall give that wife her dowry, and a part of the usufruct of field, garden, and property, so that she can rear her children. When she has brought up her children, a portion of all that is given to the children, equal as that of one son, shall be given to her. She may then marry the man of her heart.

If a constitutional amendment could regulate the relation of master and servant, it certainly can, on the same principle, make regulations concerning the relation of parent and child, husband and wife, and guardian and ward.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

I've got some kids out there; it's no secret. I've never been late on payments. I've handled it as best as I possibly can. There's no lawsuits. I try to stay on top of it.

I'm not incredibly wealthy. When you go through a divorce, that diminishes rapidly because you're supporting more than one household.

When a parent denies a child its parent time, that parent is denying the child its child support - its psychological child support.

I am moneys medium. It passes through me- taxes, insurance, mortgage, child support, rent, legal fees. All this dignified blundering costs plenty.

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.

Living apart is hardly possible if people have children together. It can also be more expensive to maintain two homes. But then, it's expensive to break up when you live in one property.

Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam to pay alimony to Eve, not Steve.

Every penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children.

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.