European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Patrimony lawyer Marvin Mitchelson right who also handled the Roxanne putit2er above custody Appeal says the greatest divorce fights Are Over a things that Are sentimental. Now York Timon divorce drag out fights Over something silly by Ava Van de water Cox nows service Bichard Deering Howe the International Harvester heir was t stingy when he got a divorce in 1987. He  sex wife the $625,000 Palm Beach Fla., Home $100,000and another $6,700 a month in Alimony and child support. But he would t part with his Small Buddha statue and the guitar that Jimi Hendrix gave him. Then there s the Palm Beach couple embroiled in a Yuppie divorce. She drives a Bow he drives a porsche and they re fighting Over the car phone. She took the phone and he has the base. One does t work without the other. A we re fighting now whether he should give her the base or she should give him the phone Quot said West Palm Beach attorney Joel Weissman. Who gets the House a or the kids a in a divorce can be easier than deciding who gets the dog the Parrot the painting or the family photos. When it comes to divorce sometimes the most ridiculous object becomes the denier piece in. An angry Battle. Famed pal Muny lawyer Marvin Mitchelson who handled Roxanne pulitzer a custody Appeal and is representing Juanita Leonard in her divorce from prizefighter sugar Ray Leonard said  handled 5,000 to 6,000 Casus in his 34 years of practice. He s found Quot the greatest tights Are Over furniture and. Innocuous items  picture frames a things that Are sentimental Quot a there arc Sibons of dollars that  hand and Here we Are a i Nock Down drag out fights Over something silly. Mil Noison said. When Roxanne and Peter pulitzer aired their  divorce Linen 71l ours ago their biggest tug of War was Ever custody of  twin sons. What was t As publicized was thou ladle Over furnishings. A acc Uldric t  get the furniture that was mine before the marriage. I was begging for a bed and he had seven bedrooms full of furniture Quot Roxanne said a the even got to keep the things he had Given me including a real Silver serving set he had Given me for Mother s  a Roxanne said she tried to inject humor during the Nasty Battle a but it never seemed to work. There was All that stuff about me sleeping with a trumpet. At christmastime i put the trumpet on one of his Deer trophies and fastened a big red Bow on it. The kids thought it was hilarious but i Don t think he thought it was funny Quot she said laughing. Former West Palm Beach mayor Pat Pepper said she s better friends with her sex husband architect Ron Schwab now than during their marriage. While their waterfront Home was nol an Issue in their divorce last year a life size Oil portrait of her was. A Iron had had a portrait done of me. As a gift so i wanted it. But he said he wanted it Quot Pepper said. In the end Pepper got the portrait. Quot the gifts he gave to me l kept the gifts i gave to him he kept Quot she explained so Why did her sex husband want the portrait a a i done to know maybe he wanted a Dart Board Quot she quipped. Pets Are victims of some of the most vicious tugs of War or. David Whitaker of Stuart garnered National publicity earlier this year including an appearance on the Phil Donahue show and in people Magazine when he asked a St Lucie county Florida circuit  Rule on visitation rights to his dog Bonfire. Whitaker said he Quot did t really mind Quot sex wife pathos getting custody of the Doberman pins her As Long As be got visiting privileges the judge agreed Quot the problem is he the judge aids t specify How Whit o d in a special hearing judge Scott Kenney ruled Whitaker could see Bonfire every other saturday from 8am. To 5 p m but the Whitakers problems Are not Ever West Palm Beach attorney Joe Farish who represents Whitaker said Quot the dog thing has calmed Down Thoyl to fighting Over the House  when South Palm Beach county political activist Andre Stadell split with his wife Darlene javits Fladell Niece of the late u s sen. Jacob Javit she got custody of their Lhasa also Bagel Raton. To got to pay dog support for one year. A it was about $1,200.1 did t mind at All Quot Fladell said Quot my greatest concern was that the dog was going to be Happy. Quot a Rich or poor people Are attached to their Pels Quot said West Palm Beach divorce attorney Ron sales. Among sales pet tales was the divorce of rot to and Richard Schubot who once owned All the Mcdonald s restaurants in Palm Beach county Fla. Their Battle was not Over real estate or Richard Schubot s reported net Worth of $32 million. It was Over parrots. Not just any parrots mind you. This was $2 million Worth of Birds at Parrot Jungle and gardens in Miami which Richaid Schubot owns and after sates settled a  Dollar divorce Case he attended a 10 to t5 minute hearing Over custody of another couple s Schnauer. The wife who had moved to Kansas got custody of the dog while the husband who remained in Palm Beach county was told to buy another Schnauer a Quot i think it trivializes the process to tie the courts up like that Quot sales said. Family photos cause some of the biggest rows. Sales Secretary agreed to Man the office on a saturday while one divorcing couple divided up the pictures Quot they were about to kill each other. Sales said duplicating photos a Cost i help much Quot we have tug arguments Over oho i i a / Tor the duplication Quot f Rio of Marvin Mitch Etsin s it la its got through he of  of. But had trouble cod sting Alimony from her sex husband to would t give her Vioney and she said she could t afford to feed tier  Paul nets bid heist said he had his client Bong the parakeets to he Ulluss ii Hun Row or Nii monday August 20, 1990 do shh the stars and stripes Pago 13