Guy Ritchie Chooses Class Over Crass, While Madonna Opts For Grass And Sass - Page 2
'On paper anyway, Guy will not take any money. However all the security, travel and any other arrangements with the children will be funded by Madonna.
'She has also agreed to give him a £2million sweetener as a kind of gift. This will not be seen in the court paperwork.
'She will maintain his standard of living for the children. However that arrangement will also not be seen in the court paperwork.'
One thing that Guy pushed for, and got, was 50/50 time with his boys. Madonna was wanting to limit his time seeing them and base the kids full-time in New York, but her argument didn't really have merit since she has seen so little of them herself lately:
She had wanted all her children to live with her in New York, but her 40-year-old husband was keen to ensure that his sons stay in England.The source said a compromise had now been reached which will see the two boys dividing their time between Britain and the US.
Lourdes will stay with her mother, who is currently on a world tour, in America.
Richie, who is currently looking after their sons, took them both to the London set of his film Sherlock Holmes.
A source close to the couple added: 'Madonna is gutted that he has got 50/50 access. What went against her was the small amount of time that she has spent with the kids recently. They have always been with nannies.
'Her lawyers made clear to her that if she had gone to court not only would it have been a slanging match, but she could have lost more access.'
It seems that, under British law, the decree nisi is the first step, and a decree absolute can be filed after six weeks and one day have passed, if there are no objections.
The speed at which they got this thing worked out was nothing short of amazing to watch. I've seen people with nothing but a doublewide, a Trans Am on blocks, some yellowing Good Housekeeping magazines, two coon dogs, and a collection of NFL thimbles to argue about take longer than this. Maybe Sir Paul McCartney and what's-her-name served as an example to other celeb ex-couples in what to not do during a divorce.
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