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Is there anyone out there who truly believes that Heather Mills-McCartney.........?

is entitled to half of Paul McCartneys fortune?

Even assuming that every allegation that she has made about him is true, should she really be awarded 50% of a fortune made almost entirely before they met and were married?

I don't mean legally, I mean morally?
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Graham B - not wanting to be pedantic but his fortune is nearer Ł800m, which with a 50/50 split would leave her with nearly Ł400m. Even considering that they have a child together, as others have mentioned, does she deserve/need that amount of money?


    




❂Sun_Is_Shining❂
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Absolutely not, even having had his child.

I think provision should be made for the child and perhaps some money given to her if she can prove loss of earnings during the time they were together.

There are too many women like Heather who marry rich (and, in this case, vulnerable, men) and then walk out thinking that they can take a goodly amount of the money that the man has. For what, I ask you? Four years? Hardly a lifetime of moral support from a loyal wife who has given up a career to raise several children. In the latter case, I can understand a court giving the ex-wife a decent maintenance.

I think it is more likely that she will get pretty much what I have stated above, with some concession to the fact that she had 'grown accustomed' to a certain standard of living and that the child should be raised in a similar manner.

As for her allegations, her ex-boyfriend (to whom she was engaged and left without even a note to move in with McCartney) stated in an article in the Sunday Times earlier this year that the woman is a liar and a fantasist. His family breathed a sigh of relief when she vanished out of his life.


Jane E
I don't think she's got a leg to stand on....


saumitra s
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morally NO.


™Spaceman™
no i dont think she should get half.


dukalink6000
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I really don't feel she is even entitled to 5%


gitface69
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Morally or Legally it makes no difference. If you have as much money as Paul McCartney, why go through all of the hassle of a messy divorce. Its OK if you are trying to hold onto a few hundred thousand or even a couple of million, but how much is he worth? 200 mill? OK 175 mill, you can still live pretty well on 88 million and not have any stress or heartache, your kids are not gonna be accosted in the streets by the press. I have been through a bad divorce and I know what I would do, give her half and get her rid of her once and for all, then get on with the rest of my life in relative peace and dont be that stupid again.

But to answer your question, in my mind, morally, No she does not deserve half of his fortune. Its his amassed over decades of work and investment, not only from him but Linda. Heather is a relative newcomer and its quite easy for a woman to plead the cruelty bit and get sympathy without a shred of evidence, not that i am suggesting that she is lying, but there are only ever going to be 2 people who know the truth, lets not judge.


♥ Kazbaz ♥
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no!

Hindsight being the wonderful thing it is..... A pre-nup might have been a good idea!


SunnyDays
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I think he was incredinly silly in not getting a pre nup done and signed, she's a scheming cow, why should she get anything from his earnings as a former Beatle, she should get what she went into the marriage with, that way she's lost nothing, but also gained nothing


Pington
I think the child should get 50% as compensation for her parentage.

It may also help pay for the therapy in later years, when she's old enough to hear how her parents treated each other when they decided to separate.


robbief1999
Nobody needs 200 million. She was only married to the guy for 4 years, he made the bulk of his fortune himself long before he met her. If she takes half of Paul's money, she'll prove to the world she's a shameless gold-digger. Kanye West was right.


i have no idea
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Morally, no she doesn't deserve it. Wasn't there a prenup?


dianafpacker
no. a woman is entitled to support for their child but a woman, esp this one is more than capable of making her own money and does not need to be kept.. she is greedy and it is unfair..


TIMOTHY D L
No! Sir Paul should give her a few million and she should feel lucky to get it, Their kid should get a few million too. This 50% for just what? Three our four years. She wasn't even born when Paul started making money!


kane
He should have gotten a pre-nup. Now he's screwed.


stephangie2001de
she shouldnt get anything .. she could have saved up some dosh during the marriage or should have earned her own money!

Their daughter should get something but being held in a trustfond so if the little girl needs something she can get it without heather havent any access to the money.


thebigtombs
No, they have been married for four years, his wealth has been built up over 40 years, she should only get 10% at the most.

And he should sue her ar*e for these slanderous claims, reducing her payout even more.

She's just a silly little girl who fell in love with a pop star and it all went wrong for her as she wasn't able to lead the fairy tale life.


jude
i don't believe a thing she says, i think her motive is money. morally i think he has dealt quite fairly with her. hope she looses out on what she was originally offered and gets much less for her lies.


Jay W
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Prenups are not valid in Great Britain. If you get married traditionally it's religious and civil event. No prenups as it is thought to diminish the institution. It's unlikely to change as it would be political suicide. That's my understanding.


winona e
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He did make the mistake of marrying her, didn't he??? And he didn't make up a prenuptial agreement.


little mama
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I don't think she should get anything from before they were married. I thought from the beginning she was a gold digger and lo and behold she is!


Caroline
Legally, goodness knows, but morally, no, she isnt entitled to and shouldnt get half of his fortune which as you say he made entirely before she came into his life.

The way lawyers deal with divorce is dreadful, i think. They have no morals!


random
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No she is not and assuming that the allegations have some truth she should only be awarded 50% of his earnings from the period of their marriage. Heather should be aware that Maccas vast fortune was built up over many of the years he was married to Linda - so what right does she have to lay claim to it?
Ever heard the saying ' there is now fool like an old fool' ? well
think old Macca has been one of these! Did he really think that
Heather filled the huge gaping hole that his beloved Linda had left in his heart? - probably not but bet the s*x was so good he fell into the trap of thinking that love would follow - ah yes an old fool once again! Heather & Paul should divorce quietly and both should return to their professions - Paul a musician Heather.....ummmmmm

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pianojono
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No. I'm surprised he fell for the marriage lark in the first place. I'd have credited him with a bit more savvy, especially as he's a scouser, but I suppose love is blind, and he certainly was! She shouldn't get more than it costs her to live on SENSIBLY - not extortionately.


Tws
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Morally she should only get a percentage of whatever was earned while they were married,however, you seem to have left out the fact that there is a child in the marriage and that must be taken into consideration.
All the leaks of her grounds for divorce to the press will not help her case LEGALLY.


peeve
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This woman is a devious behatch. Linda looked awfully content all those years for a battered wife. In no way did she contribute to macca's beatles/wings/apple fortune so she's entitled to nothing more than what Bea needs to be brought up happily.


faesome
I don't think so, they were here in Newfoundland sometime ago..and on Larry king..she challenged out Premier at the time..It has been noted that Paul at the time (on Larry king) seen a side of heather he hasn't seen before. Not so classy then. So do i think she should get 50%? NO


silly billy
hell no !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Bricklayer
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No.
I also do not believe, that the captain and crew stood by and watched Mrs McCartney crawl on her hands and knees up the steps of a plane ,because she was not able to use her wheelchair.


xXx Orange Breezer xXx
There is only so much money she can spend so there is no point, but I think it has got really nasty and eye for an eye type thing...........

He is saying he wants custody of the baby, but I truly believe that unless she is an unfit mother the child should stay with the mother..............So if he is hurting her that way perhaps she is trying to hurt him where it hurts which could be his pocket??!?!?!?





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