Nantz, who makes about $7 million a year, was ordered to pay Lorrie $72,000 a month in alimony until either he dies or she remarries, the Connecticut Post reports. Lorrie will keep their six-bedroom home and the condo occupied by her mother, and Nantz must pay $70,000 a year for her to have a country club membership.
For their 15-year-old daughter, Nantz must pay $1,000 a week in child support and all of her college expenses until she turns 23. The total support comes to about half a million dollars a year less than Lorrie was seeking in the divorce.
Nantz admitted that he has a 29-year-old girlfriend, but the judge said that relationship wasn't the reason for the divorce. Judge Howard Owens' ruling stated, in part:
"While there was some testimony of the husband's interest in another woman in the few short months preceding the filing of this dissolution action, the breakdown occurred years before this relationship developed and the court finds this remote event in no way contributed to the breakdown of the marriage. ... The court finds neither party at fault for the breakdown of the marriage."Nantz and his wife both became emotional during testimony about their divorce, with Lorrie saying he had been distant and Nantz saying she had failed to support his career. After both cried during a difficult day of court testimony, the two were seen hugging outside the courtroom. But with Judge Owens' ruling, their marriage is officially over.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
11-03-2009 @ 2:05PM
keith said...
yet another example of a man in a marriage getting hosed
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11-03-2009 @ 2:26PM
Tom said...
Still as a percentage of income he got off better than I did. I take home 7k a month and have to pay my exwife 3k a month. And she is the one that abandoned me and the kids, house, payments, tuition and everything. He ought to thank his lucky stars he got off so easy.
11-03-2009 @ 2:37PM
bmcgees said...
haha
11-03-2009 @ 5:21PM
Vaughn D. Gale said...
Storys like this are the reason why guys are NOT getting married without a PRE-NUP and women WONDER WHY.
11-03-2009 @ 5:48PM
rippah23 said...
u have to be kidding -- he got hosed. that's about the best deal i've ever heard of any father getting in a divorce. 1/7th of what he makes -- holy smokes, i'd welcome that deal with a big smile.
11-03-2009 @ 6:24PM
southrange said...
Yea! No one is at fault but HE is paying one mil a year...Extreme hose!
11-03-2009 @ 2:09PM
incubusfan22 said...
poor jim. thats quite a bit of dough. why has he been ordered to pay for her country club membership? thats a bit crazy.
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11-03-2009 @ 5:24PM
Nancy said...
It is typical to ask that the higher wage earner contribute to his/her spouse to live the same life they were accustomed to during the marriage. Ask Britney Spears.
11-03-2009 @ 2:17PM
james said...
does this not sound wrong to anyone else.. i am all about supporting your kids, and believe that both parents should do this independently, but come on were is the sense in having to pay for her country club membership. another example how divorce screws the man.
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11-03-2009 @ 4:51PM
salblossom said...
.........Oh james! Do you really think there is one woman out here in philanderingville that is shedding a tear for this dirty old man? Even if the judge declares the divorce is for another reason or reasons, PLAY AND PAY, is the order for this double brained, mentally ill, godless man. LOLandLOL
11-03-2009 @ 2:24PM
geraldr5 said...
Ain't love grand??? I don't know why these guys do it. I did it once....enough! Never again!!! There should be some appear for this foolishness. Paying some aliminon, some child support is raesonable. But COUNTRY CLUB membership. Someone ought to inmpeach that nutty judge!!!
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11-03-2009 @ 2:24PM
Kathy said...
I'm sorry, but I think making him pay $70,00 a year for her to have a Country club membership is a little rediculous{sp} and totally wrong. I understand having him support her until she remarries, but having him pay for her country club mambership is a bit much. There are people in this country who'd love to have $72,000 a month to live on, but only make a tiny fraction of it.
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11-03-2009 @ 2:30PM
wadisplace said...
MARRIAGE IS OUTDATED. A GIRL DOES NOT LOSE ANYTHING WHEN SHE GETS MARRIED. A MAN CAN LOSE HALF OF EVERYTHING HE HAS WORKED FOR. I LOST A LOT IN MY DIVORCE. MEN: BUILD A LIFE. HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND GIRL FRIENDS. ENJOY LIFE TO THE FULLEST. KEEP YOUR FREEDOM AND MONEY.
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11-03-2009 @ 3:21PM
gtakade said...
Oh please! Women who marry and stay at home to raise the kids lose their financial freedom and their careers. Their job skills become out of date and obsolete from years of staying at home, so if they do get divorced they are totally screwed financially. Meanwhile, a man who marries and has kids continues to advance at work, his job skills are totally up to date and he saves tons of money not having to pay for 24/7 daycare. Yet he's always shocked at the monetary value that is placed on her raising his precious kids for years on end (like a woman should be flattered to watch her job skills become obsolete and raise children for just room and board). Go see how much hiring a live in full time 24/7 nanny costs. Then multiply that by 18 years. Go figure out how big a salary she would have made if she never stopped working, or if she didn't turn down promotions in order to have more time for you and the family. 26 years of marriage and he's paying a mere 13% of his annual salary in alimony and less than 1% in child support? That's like a guy making $50,000 a year paying his ex $550 a month in alimony and $30 a month in child support. Jim Nantz got off real easy.
11-03-2009 @ 2:39PM
Edd said...
The Country Club membership is way out of line but what about the condominium for his former mother-in-law? Is he liable for supporting the cat and dog and any other pets as well how about the chef, maid, gardener etc? I was married twice for a total of 31 years, learned a lot, never going to do it again, living alone and fending for yourself isn't that tough, no woman is worth what he is being charged. He is getting the screwing of a lifetime
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11-03-2009 @ 2:46PM
godiva205 said...
He shouldn't be responsable for the condo that his ex-mother in law resides. That is too much.
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11-03-2009 @ 2:47PM
godiva205 said...
I am all woman but i totally agree with you.
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11-03-2009 @ 2:53PM
photog4217 said...
His own fault for not having a pre-nup. Ain't no piece of AZZ worth that kind of money.
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11-03-2009 @ 2:58PM
Todd said...
It doesn't make sense for a man to get married.
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11-03-2009 @ 3:18PM
Thomas said...
Like a wise man once said, "Who would marry a thing that bleeds for a week and won't die?" Men, wake up! The field isn't level and never will be. The women cry for equality....until it comes to divorce and then they cry for half, or better, of everything you have for the rest of your life! Prenup, prenup, prenup, prenup!
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