Things must be a little Crazy, as Seal and Heidi Klum announced they are divorcing. The celebrity couple is just the latest in a long line of high-profile couples who must have made divorcing a priority on their New Year’s resolutions list.

No reason has been given for the couple’s divorce besides a prepared statement that stated the two were growing apart. There had been speculation that Seal’s anger issues may have precipitated the decision, though that suggestion was quickly shot down, reports the New York Daily News.

Ten years ago Kobe Bryant was 23 and the hottest young star in the NBA, as well as one of its most eligible bachelors. So it came as a shock when Kobe announced that he had married a woman he met while shooting a rap music video.

At the time, basketball commentators like Charles Barkley said Kobe Bryant was crazy not to have a prenuptial agreement. But young love prevailed. Now as the Vanessa Bryant divorce seems close to final, Barkley appears to be the wise man as Kobe stands to lose about $75 million in the divorce.

Did a Newt Gingrich open marriage request led to divorce? Newt Gingrich’s second ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich, says that she decided to end the marriage with the presidential hopeful after Newt asked her to have an “open marriage” and share him with the other woman he’s been seeing.

Marianne and Newt Gingrich were married for 18 years when she discovered that her former husband was having an affair with another woman — current wife Callista Gingrich — and that Newt had no plans for calling off the six-year affair, reports Fox News. Instead, Marianna claims that Newt was hoping to have his cake and eat it too.

Complicated domestic relations can lead to domestic violence murder. The brother of a Cook County judge stands accused of killing his sister and her husband. The suspect, Kenneth Rhodes, was living with the couple, Nathaniel Bracy and Pauline Betts-Bracy, at the time.

Police say the shooting at Country Club Hills stemmed from a domestic dispute over who owned the condominium in which all three adults lived, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Apparently, Rhodes had been belligerent the whole day, as the couple had filed a police report of domestic dispute just prior to the shooting.

Everyone knows that having a gun laying around the house is an obvious hazard to young children. But can having an old television laying around the house be as dangerous?

In the third reported television falling on a child death in recent months, four-year-old Gianna Hadjis was killed after a TV fell on her head in a University Park home, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Divorce death may not be something you considered when deciding whether to leave your spouse. But according to a new University of Arizona review, that may be something you will want to factor into your decision.

According to a review of more than 30 published studies, divorced adults have a significantly higher risk of early death than married adults, reports USA Today.

In another case of domestic violence murder, Brian Hawkins was allegedly killed by his girlfriend inside his Lake View apartment.

So far the details are sparse, but the 42-year-old man appears to have been in an argument with his unidentified girlfriend when she fatally stabbed him in the stomach on Wednesday night, reports the Chicago Tribune.

If you were to hand-pick two celebrities perfect for marriage, you probably couldn’t come up with a better pairing than alt-pin-up Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.

But proving that what seems right on paper will not necessarily work out in reality, the New Girl star officially filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, and now it has been revealed just how much money may be at stake in the divorce, reports the Daily Mail.

So far 2012 is turning out to be the year of the celebrity divorce (Katy Perry) or celebrity reconciliation (Maria Shriver). However, family law involves a lot more than what is happening with celebrities, and a recap of the top Chicago family law stories from 2011 shows you why.

The rumored Katy Perry divorce is dominating Hollywood gossip and you may have heard that her husband, Russell Brand, could take home more than $20 million if the couple truly splits.

After being married for only 14 months, Brand, a British comedian, is entitled to half the couple's marital property under California law, reports the Contra Costa Times. The two were married in California and Perry did not sign a prenuptial agreement before marrying.