Probably the least known of the James Bond actors (except maybe Timothy Dalton, remember him?), George Lazenby received divorce papers last week from his wife, former tennis star Pam Shriver. Shriver was a highly ranked player in the 1980′s, often paired with Martina Navratilova in doubles matches. Lazenby and Shriver were married in 2002 and have three young children.
Shriver’s divorce petition, filed in Los Angeles, seeks sole legal and physical custody of the kids with supervised visitation for Lazenby. Lazenby, through his spokesman Michael Sands (who also served as Kevin Federline’s spokesman for a short while), has indicated that he will also seek sole custody of the kids.
Shriver filed for a temporary restraining order in which she outlined Lazenby’s alleged severe alcoholism, anger management issues and poor parenting skills. She advised the court that Lazenby has been violent towards her and the children in the past. She also indicated that Lazenby objects to the kids brushing their teeth, using sunscreen and sitting in proper car seats. Her affidavit also noted that Lazenby had previously given the children sips of beer and ice from scotch glasses.
The parental fitness issue aside, another interesting matter at play in this divorce and custody matter is Lazenby’s age. Lazenby will be 69 years old on September 5th. The children are all under five years old. Shriver is 46.
Shriver is represented by L.A. attorney Gary Fishbein, who has previously represented Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, actor Gary Oldman and actor Ryan Phillippe. Lazenby has retained Encino attorney Robert Gantman.
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If you hired Attorney Robert Gantman from Encino I feel sorry for you . He can be bought off from the other party for a dollar
he stole all our money and he doesnt know anything about law he is unreal and really ugly I mean you have a hard time looking at him
To Eleanor: Can you give me more information on what your beef is? I am considering using him as my lawyer.
Eleanor was a former client (and a wonderful person) who passed away in 2002. The above message was posted by her daughter, Mary, who is still upset that our office requested that a Guardian Ad Litem (not Mary) be appointed for her mother’s protection.
The State Bar website confirms that no disciplinary action has ever been taken against me.
As a MyFamilyLaw site administrator, I feel obligated to state that the other opinions stated in these comments are not those of MyFamilyLaw.com. That said, this is a blog, and we remain tolerant of our readers’ opinions in the interest of keeping an open forum and encouraging future comments. That, of course, includes any comments from Mr. Gantman as well. Thank you for reading.
As a family law attorney I would like to add that Elenor’s personal attacks on Mr. Gantman should alert readers to the fact that her post lacks any substantive comments.
Although I do not know Mr. Gantman personally, it seems Elenor’s dissatisfaction really lies with the court’s ruling.
Attorney Robert Gantman is a very well respected lawyer. I’m a member of the SFV bar association, and have met Robert several times. It is unfortunate that someone chooses post personal attacks that have nothing to do with his performance and ethics. I suggest the moderators of this forum remove “eleanors” post.
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[...] I wrote here a few weeks ago about former James Bond/actor George Lazenby and his desire to have sole legal and physical custody of his three children with former tennis star Pam Shriver. Lazenby is almost 70 years old and I would be surprised if this was anything other than a public relations move in response to Shriver’s accusations of alcohol abuse and general parental unfitness. [...]