Bill Murray Divorce Settlement

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Introduction to Bill Murray Divorce Settlement

William James or Bill Murray was a comedian and actor in the United States. He has starred in films like "Saturday Night Live", "Caddyshack", "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day." He has residences in Rockland County (New York), Charleston (South Carolina), Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts) and Los Angeles.

On 25th January 1981, Bill married Margaret Kelley with whom he had 2 sons named Homer (born in 1982) and Luke (born in 1985). Further, Bill began an affair with Jennifer Butler and due to this Bill and Margaret divorced in 1996.

In 1996, Bill married Jennifer. They have 4 sons as follows.

  • Caleb (Birth date: 11th January 1993)
  • Jackson (Birth date: 6th October 1995)
  • Cooper (Birth date: 27th January 1997)
  • Lincoln (Birth date: 30th May 2001)

Jennifer accused Bill of the following and consequently filed for divorce on 12th May 2008.

  • Frequent abandonment
  • Several infidelities
  • Physical abuse (in one incident, he stroked her on her face)
  • Addiction to sex, alcohol and marijuana

On 13th June 2008, the divorce was made final.

Terms of Bill Murray Divorce Settlement

In less than 1.5 months after Jennifer had filed the petition, a judge in Charleston, SC put down his signature on the divorce settlement between Bill and Jennifer.

  • Jennifer was awarded the custody of the 4 children of the couple
  • Jennifer was awarded a home in Hemet, California as well as the family residence on South Carolina's Sullivan Island
  • Bill was offered visitation rights of the children
  • As per the prenuptial agreement of this couple, Bill had to disburse a onetime payment of 7 million USD
  • Bill acceded to pay child support
  • Bill was permitted to retain the property in Massachusetts, New York and California

This divorce case appeared to present a cheap court conflict. However, it was quickly over after the judge issued orders to seal the court documents on the request of the pair.

During the divorce, Jennifer argued that their prenuptial agreement had become invalid due to Bill's actions. However, the judge concluded that it would remain intact. On 4th July 1997, prior to their marriage, the Murray couple had signed an agreement of 23 pages. It included the following points.

If any spouse files for divorce, then

  • Both the partners would retain their separate property
  • Both would waive any right to support or property
  • Both would maintain responsibilities of their children

During this divorce settlement, Jennifer hired Robert Rosen, a Charleston lawyer. As per the court records, Bill did not have a lawyer.

Restraining orders for Bill Murray

As per county property records, Jennifer bought the Sullivan's Island beach house in 2006. The price she paid was 3.65 million USD. In the same year, she moved to this residence along with her 4 children due to Bill's abandonment, sexual addictions, physical abuse, adultery, addiction to alcohol and marijuana. During the divorce settlement, she sought a restraining order from the court that would prevent Bill from entering this Sullivan's Island home.

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