OC Real Housewife Vicki Gunvalson Files for Divorce 0
The last remaining original Real Housewife of Orange County, Vicki Gunvalson, filed for divorce earlier this month from husband Donn Gunvalson.
According to divorce paperwork filed in Orange County Superior Court, the Gunvalsons have been married for 16 years. They renewed their vows for the reality show cameras in 2009.
Donn is the Vicki’s second husband. They have no children. Vicki was previously married to the father of her two grown children, Michael and Briana.
The couple’s marital problems have been a recurring storyline on the Real Housewives of Orange County over the years – especially in the most recent seasons.
While there will be no child support or child custody issues to determine in the divorce, the couple most likely has substantial financial issues to address. Over the four years the Real Housewives have graced the airwaves, most of the “stars” have experienced some (or substantial) financial hardship – related to the national economic downswing that coincided with their first season. The Gunvalsons have appeared to avoid the negative effects of the recession for the most part.
We’re not entirely sure what Donn does but he appears to be gainfully and consistently employed. We presume that he makes a respectable income. And Vicki has owned her own insurance and financial services agency since prior to her marriage to Donn. She is often filmed working on the show and is depicted at times as a workaholic, Type-A personality. We assume then that a decent portion of the marital income and assets are attributable to her efforts.
It is not known whether the couple signed a prenuptial agreement (though there’s been no mention of one in the press). Any assets the couple brought into the marriage would remain their separate property – unless those assets were commingled with marital assets. For example, if they each owned a house at the time of marriage but sold those houses, pooled the equity and bought a new marital home which then appreciated and was improved, the non-marital funds were commingled with marital assets and are unlikely to be allocated as non-marital funds at the time of a divorce.
Library Topics: divorce, prenuptial agreement, commingled assets, marital assets, separate property
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