Charlie Sheen asked his porn star fiancée, Brett Rossi, to marry
him during their Valentine’s Day vacation in Hawaii this past weekend.
According to court documents seen by Radar, Charlie Sheen’s fourth
fiancée is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings with her
current spouse, Jonathan Ross, who filed for divorce on July 18, 2013.
Jonathan is currently unrepresented in his family court proceedings, while
Brett is being represented by Charlie’s celebrity family law lawyer,
Mark Gross. Brett and Jonathan were only married for one year and there
are no children of their marriage.
Charlie is also in the midst of family court proceedings. He is currently
involved in a vicious custody battle with his third wife, Brooke Mueller.
Charlie’s second wife, Denise Richards, had been taking care of Charlie
and Brooke’s two children until they allegedly attacked her daughters,
who are also Charlie’s children.
So, what will be the legal implications of Charlie’s fourth marriage
for his ex-spouses?
Currently, Charlie is paying $110,000.00 a month in child support for his
four children with former wives Denise and Brooke, and he is willing to
have more children with Brett. In Ontario, if the payor gets remarried,
that will not reduce the payor’s child support obligations. However,
if Charlie has more children with Brett and then divorces from her, this
could affect his child support payments to Denise and Brooke.
In Ontario, the
Child Support Guidelines generally reduce the amount of child support a parent pays per child on
the principle of economies of scale. However, this is not necessarily
the case where the payor has children with different mothers. A judge
may order that child support not be reduced per child as the
Child Support Guidelines provide, because the cost of providing for the children must be fully
incurred by each child support recipient.
Due to the unusually large amount of child support Charlie pays on a monthly
basis, it’s safe to say that Denise and Brooke will still be able
to provide just as well for their children if Charlie does father another
child and his child support obligations to his current children are reduced.
The good news for Denise and Brooke, however, is that if a
spousal support payor remarries, he or she must continue paying the same amount of spousal
support to the recipient, unless there is some other material change in
circumstances.
Seeing as Charlie is uninterested in entering into a prenuptial agreement
with Brett, he better hope his fourth marriage lasts forever. He explained,
“Prenups poison marriages”. He added that his prenuptial agreement
would only be one line: “You keep your s*** and I’ll keep mine.”
According to Ontario law, if Charlie gets divorced from Brett without
a prenuptial agreement, he would be subjected to equalization, where he
could lose even more of his fortune. Upon separation, spouses in Ontario
may receive an equalization payment, which equally divides the wealth
acquired by the couple throughout the marriage.