Mel Gibson Divorce Settlement

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Introduction to Mel Gibson Divorce Settlement

Mel Gibson is a screenwriter, producer, film director and actor. He is an American Australian. Initially, he worked in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series. Further, he starred in and directed "Braveheart' which became an Academy Award winning film.

Robyn Gibson was formerly a dental nurse. She has purchased properties in Nevada and California. These properties range from 2 to 3 bedroom houses to 5 to 6 bedroom estates.

After the filming of Mad Max was complete, both Mel and Robyn were tenants in a home in Adelaide. This is how they met and later they married in a Catholic Church in Forestville, New South Wales. This marriage took place on 7^th June 1980. Further, they had 7 children as follows.

• Hannah (1980)
• Edward and Christian (1982)
• William (1985)
• Louis (1988)
• Milo (1990)
• Thomas (1999)

In 2006, Mel and Robyn separated. On 13^th April 2009, Robyn filed for divorce and cited irreconcilable differences between them. At this time, both were aged 53. However, some sources state that as Mel developed a friendship with Oksana Grigorieva, a Russian musician, the divorce took place. On 30^th October 2009, Oksana gave birth to Lucia, Mel's daughter.

Terms of Mel Gibson Divorce Settlement

Mel and Robyn did not draft a prenuptial agreement. This couple made the following statement "Throughout our marriage and separation we have always strived to maintain the privacy and integrity of our family and will continue to do so."

As per the divorce laws in California, it is necessary to split the estate and Robyn would be eligible for half the earnings of the actor. At the time of the divorce, Mel was worth 640 million pounds (900 million dollars at that moment). He was also the owner of an island in Fiji worth 10 million pounds and a church in Malibu estimated at 28 million pounds.

Robyn made a demand for the following in the divorce papers.

• Joint custody of Thomas, the youngest child
• Spousal Support
• Legal Fees

Mel's gross fortune was close to 1 billion USD and the 500 million USD settlement would surpass all the previous divorce settlements. Lynn Soodik, a Los Angeles family lawyer, was not involved in this case. She commented that "This could easily be one of the biggest divorce settlements in Hollywood history. Any attorney would advise her to take half."

As per the prevailing laws in those days, Mel would be expected to half of the film residual checks to Robyn. Accordingly, if he gets residual checks for Braveheart or Lethal Weapon, he would have to pay 50 percent of these checks to his ex wife.

The divorce settlement would also have an impact on the upcoming projects of Mel. At this time, he had about a dozen films in different phases of development. It would become mandatory for him to separate his wife's share for her.

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