{"id":4112,"date":"2017-03-30T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocksmag.com\/nottingham\/princess-meghan-quit-acting-copy\/"},"modified":"2017-03-30T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:13:25","slug":"mel-b-stephen-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocksmag.com\/nottingham\/mel-b-stephen-split\/","title":{"rendered":"MEL B &#038; STEPHEN SPLIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4114 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/rocksmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/03\/CELEBRITIES-melanie-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"MEL B &amp; STEPHEN SPLIT\" width=\"314\" height=\"568\" \/>Mel B has called time on her turbulent marriage to Stephen Belafonte just one month before they reached their 10 year anniversary \u2013 in a bid to save her $40m fortune.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Under California state law, the courts can award indefinite spousal support if a couple has been wed more than 10 years without a prenup (which the couple didn\u2019t have). The fact that Mel and Stephen have now only been married 9 years and 11 months means he is not entitled to \u201clive off her money.\u201d Tom Cruise divorced Nicole Kidman in a similar move in 2001.<br \/>\nMel, 41, has amassed a $40m fortune from her Spice Girls career and has one daughter with Stephen, Madison aged 5. The couple have had a checkered past with reports of huge fights within the marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mel B has often been photographed with bruises and cuts on her and Stephen has confessed to having a temper and violent past.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel B has called time on her turbulent marriage to Stephen Belafonte just one month before they reached their 10 year anniversary \u2013 in a bid to save her $40m fortune. 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