Following up on our report from last week, a judge has awarded Heather Mills a total of $48.6 million (24.3 million British pounds) in her divorce from pop legend Paul McCartney. The judgment, made public today by the court, gives Mills a lump sum of $33 million and allows her to keep $15.6 million in assets she already holds. McCartney is also ordered to pay the nanny and school expenses of the couple’s four year old daughter Beatrice and provide Mills with approximately $70,000 in child support each year.

The judge’s summary of the decision, made available to the media, stated that Mills asked for approximately $250 million and McCartney offered about $32 million. The judge also stated that he found, based on the evidence presented to him, that McCartney was worth about $800 million and not the $1.5 billion figure which has been previously reported. He also indicated that he did not consider the conduct of the parties in making his decision, as it was irrelevant.

After the ruling was made official this morning, Mills told the media that she was very happy with the decision but that she planned to appeal the decision to make the full detailed ruling public. While the court did release the short summary, the full decision has not yet been released pending Mills’ appeal.

Surely of special interest to Mills, the judge’s order also prohibits either side from publicly speaking about the case, Beatrice or “any marital confidences.” It appears then that both Mills and McCartney will not be allowed to profit from any “tell-all” interview or book deal.

British media report that the most expensive divorce judgment in the U.K. was 48 million British pounds, awarded to the wife of an insurance millionaire after a 28 year marriage.