<p>That would be a heck of a spinoff Missy!!</p>
<p>Good point about the money. Kate speaks and writes books, so she does have some earned income. Not so for Jon. He’s been riding his wife and kids’ gravy train.</p>
<p>i am thinking i need to be uplifted after this whole mess. i may have to run out and buy the new kurt warner book (saw an interview with him today). i didn’t realize that he and his wife have 7 children. can we nominate them for a show…and dump j & k plus 8?</p>
<p>Penn rules on property in divorce.</p>
<p>[Pennsylvania</a> Divorce Source: State Divorce Laws: Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.divorcesource.com/info/divorcelaws/pennsylvania.shtml]Pennsylvania”>http://www.divorcesource.com/info/divorcelaws/pennsylvania.shtml)</p>
<p>" Property Distribution: Since Pennsylvania is an “equitable distribution” state, the marital property shall be divided in an equitable fashion."</p>
<p>Engaged?? Maybe</p>
<p>[Jon</a> Gosselin Engaged: Mistress Sporting $180,000 Ring - Parental Guidance - Amber Watson-Tardiff - NJ.com](<a href=“http://www.nj.com/parenting/amber_watsontardiff/index.ssf/2009/07/jon_gosselin_engaged_mistress.html]Jon”>Jon Gosselin Engaged: Mistress Sporting $180,000 Ring - nj.com)</p>
<p>Jon and Hailey…dumb and dumber!</p>
<p>I’m assuming this is a case of one head leading the other. :(</p>
<p>Inside Jon’s head–“The bad boy is BACK”.</p>
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<p>No more than any other spouse who has spent most of his or her time at home with the kids. (SAHM mom, riding the train for 2 decades now :))</p>
<p>Maybe this will be one of those LONG engagements where one never really gets married…</p>
<p>I’ve never seen this TV show and I haven’t followed this long thread. But obviously they are in the news a bunch. I did see something about Jon and a 20 year old girlfriend in the news. </p>
<p>Anyway, I just skimmed the last page of this thread and I have to tell GA2012Mom, that she is hilarious about the title of a new show:</p>
<p>Jon Plus 9!! </p>
<p>Ha ha!</p>
<p>My prediction - Soon it will be Jon & none!</p>
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<p>As Perez wrote: “Wow. Classy. What every girl dreams about!”</p>
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Are you crusing through Europe with a young thing, too?</p>
<p>I know -* a skull *- too bad I probably won’t be around to see how lovely that looks on her hand when they’re celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.</p>
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<p>I think it’s quite different, because he only has his high income and amazing material possessions due to the efforts (or perhaps mere existence and cuteness) of his children. But it’s not like they are individual performers. I’m guessing that all of those laws that were enacted to protect the earnigs of child movie starts don’t apply, because the show is really a family enterprise…only everyone realizes that without the kids there never would have been a show.</p>
<p>Courts have a lot of experience deciding an equitable distribution of property, where the funds to buy it have come from the earnings of one spouse while the other has stayed home with the kids. But how often does a court decide a fair distribution where the earnings were really the result of the efforts of all 10 members of the family?</p>
<p>I’ll be surprise if they make 50 days………a miracle would be 50 months.</p>
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<p>One more point, just because this is interesting to ponder. Ellemenope, I’m assuming that for the majority of your two decades home, you did not supervise a household staff. I bet that most of the time, you took care of your own kids, cooked, etc. Does a SAHM with an extensive household staff get the same “credit” as the kind of SAHMs that most of us know?</p>
<p>And like I said, does a “SAHD” who’s out and about with the girlfriend also count?</p>
<p>Cause most SAHs that I know actually stay at home and don’t have their spouses and kids working to support their social lives.</p>
<p>Zoosermom, you work with lawyers. Can’t you just picture Jon’s attorney just shaking his head?</p>
<p>Oh yeah Missy. I’m sure that lawyer is clawing at his throat and gasping for breath. The man has no moral high-ground here and he could be in deep poo-poo with regard to money and custody. I’d bet Kate is smirking somewhere. Whatever one wants to say, that is not a stupid woman.</p>
<p>kate has a real opportunity to take the high ground here. she has all sorts of career opportunies ahead of her and she can move on.</p>
<p>does anyone else think his chosen path seems a bit self destructive? what motivates someone to make those kinds of choices?</p>