California media outlets have been full of reports that actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are divorcing. The two celebrities have three children, and according to a statement they released, they are going to use divorce mediation to make the process easier for their offspring.
Mediation as an alternative to litigation in divorce
Why prenups can be useful
Some Californians are reticent to ask their prospective spouses to sign prenuptial agreements, believing that by doing so they would effectively be planning to later divorce. Others do not have that negative feeling, but instead believe a prenuptial agreement is simply unnecessary for them.