Travis Barker of the band Blink 182 and former Miss USA, Shanna Moakler, were married in October 2004. After the parties married the couple gained popularity in their own reality show on MTV, “Meet The Barkers.” In August 2006, Barker filed for divorce, and the two were public about the fact that their relationship was not working out. In a much publicized MySpace blog, Barker accused Moakler of being an inattentive mother, caring only about partying and not parenting. Moakler, on the other hand, accused Barker of being unfaithful. In November 2006, Moakler even threw heself a “divorce party” at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Surprisingly, Barker and Moakler reconciled in March 2007 and Barker withdrew his divorce petition. However, recently it has been reported that the parties have again decided to split and Maokler has moved out of the family home. It is not known whether either party has refiled for divorce.

Many people believe that infidelity, such as Moakler accused Barker of, is relevant to a divorce proceeding. In some states it is, but in California, there is “no fault” divorce, which means that whether a spouse has been unfaithful is not relevant to the divorce and will not affect the division of property or support. So, Moakler’s accusations that Barker had an affair during the marriage will not be relevant to their divorce case.

However, Barker’s accusations that Moakler has poor parenting skills will be relevant to custody and visitation of the parties two children, Landon and Alabama. In a divorce, if the Court found that Moakler lacked sufficient parenting skills and that it was not in the best interests of the children to be in Moakler’s care the majority of time, Moakler’s visitation time could be severly limited and Barker could be granted primary physical custody of the children.