Some couples who’ve been planning to break up choose to avoid disrupting their families during the holidays. Others may be hoping that their situation or their partner’s behaviors will change, and when nothing shifts, they opt for dissolution, which at best is a sad thing.

The article also provides useful tips on how to brake the news to children and other family members:

If you have children, you need to break the news to them gently and slowly. A good place to start is to tell them that it is not their fault and that Dad and Mom will always be there and will always, and in all ways, love them. Some additional reassurance as to how their lives will not change is also highly recommended. Do your best to keep things as normal as possible.

If your child begins to act out by not doing well in school or by being more difficult than usual, I would advise that you at least get him or her to one counseling session for an evaluation. Some kids don’t show any signs of their inner struggles, and in all cases, you must talk with them about how they are feeling and dealing with the changes.

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News of the split has been public for months, fueled at first by reports in early 2009 that Steve Wynn was dating a younger British woman. The details of their split were later spelled out in a series of company filings that reveal the intricacies of divvying up a fortune worth nearly $4 billion at its height. A January 5th SEC filing shows Elaine P. Wynn, a director at Wynn Resorts since 2002, receiving 11,076,708 shares of the casino company in connection with the couple’s divorce settlement.

Those shares, once held as “community property,” are worth $795 million at the company’s current share price of $72, adding to the $114 million the Wynns realized from stock sales in mid-August.

Some, if not all, of that $114 million will go to Elaine, judging by an August press release, which says the shares “were sold to provide liquidity in anticipation of the change in their marital status.” That pile of dough would leave her with a net worth that approaches $1 billion.

You may not have billions of dollars at stake, but a divorce can wreak havoc on your finances. You need an experienced Knoxville divorce lawyer on your side. Call us today to set up a consultation with an attorney.