A cheating spouse is considered grounds for divorce by many but is the same infidelity grounds for a break-up outside of marriage?
Kristen Stewart, the 22 year old star from the Twilight Saga, apologized for having an affair with her 41 year old director Rupert Sanders during the production of Snow White and the Huntsman after scandelous pictures of the two went viral. Kristen’s fans are claiming that Rupert seduced her into an affair and he took advantage of his position over her, but neither party has verified this allegation.
Kristen Stewart was in a three-year relationship with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson before he learned of the infidelity. The two were not married and do not have any human children but they own a $6 million home in Los Angeles and a dog. Robert Pattinson has allegedly moved out and will not speak with Kristen, despite her desperate attempts to fix the relationship. However, Kristen and Robert are allegedly starting a “custody battle” for their dog Bear which they adopted at a shelter together and consider their child. Both sides want the dog and Kristen is pushing for joint custody of the beloved pooch (while newspapers are referring to the dog fight as a “custody dispute,” the fact matter is the pooch is property and will not be treated the same).
The story is still unfolding though with reports that what Kristen called a “momentary indiscretion” was actually a six-month plus affair. Regardless, it looks like Robert is done and the relationship is over. Unfortunately, the two still have to work together for the promotion of the final Twilight movie Breaking Dawn: Part II coming out on November 16 of this year.
The two will face an interesting battle trying to split up the co-owned home and their k-9 “child”. Generally, in a divorce setting, the judge would split up the marital property or hear a custody case, over human children. While the two are not married, and do not have any real children, some state judges, such as Wisconsin divorce judges, will split up shared assets if the assets were obtained through mutual efforts and one party is retaining an unreasonable amount.
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no "human children?" LOL
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