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It may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Kelsey Grammer is probably wishing he had sought a prenuptial agreement with wife Camille Donatucci, who he married in 1997. The 41-year-old former Playboy model filed for divorce on July 1, citing irreconcilable differences.

Camille had just been cast as a member of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and it was known that Grammer was opposed to her participation on the show, which likely would have dragged him into the spotlight as well. It is not known how much of a role that disagreement played in her divorce filing, or if it played a role at all.

Of great concern to Kelsey Grammer, and surely his wife, is the fact that the couple did not sign a prenup before they married. Needless to say, Grammer may be handing out quite a bit of money before all is said and done.

He is especially concerned about money made during Frasier's 11-year-run, at the end of which Grammer commanded well above $1 million per episode. However, since Kelsey and Camille were married during the last seven years of the show, a lot of that money could be going to Camille under community property laws.

Camille has also asked for joint legal custody of the couple's two children, aged nine and six. It's a request echoed by Grammer, though he has also asked for joint physical custody.

As for rumors and accusations, they're already flying. TMZ reported that Grammer did not call his children on Father's Day, which the actor has flat-out denied. With things just heating up, and both child custody and Grammer's fortune at stake, this may only be the beginning.

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A millionaire landowner asked the Court of Appeal yesterday for permission to appeal against an £8m divorce settlement on the grounds that it was "too much".

The court heard that Erik Maurice Robson, 66, who is selling his stately home, Kiddington Hall, in Oxfordshire, to comply with his former wife's divorce settlement, has seen its value fall during the credit crunch.

Kiddington Hall, which was built in 1673, was bought by Mr Robson's father, Sir Lawrence Robson, founder of the accountancy firm Robson Rhodes in the 1950s.

The grade II listed mansion house sits in gardens laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown and is one of the finest English country homes to go on sale in recent years.

The appeal court heard that last July, a court awarded Mr Robson's former wife Chloe an £8m gross lump sum - of which about £5m was earmarked to buy a home and a further £2.4m for an income trust.

In a further judgment last July, the court ruled that Kiddington Hall be sold as part of the clean break between the couple.

However, a fall in property values has meant that Mr Robson's freehold interest in the Oxfordshire estate is now worth about £13.18m net - excluding furniture, capital gains tax and sale costs - rather than the £16m figure used by the court last year.

Tim Amos QC, representing Mr Robson, told the appeal court that the £8m divorce settlement was "clearly too much" - particularly as most of the wealth had been inherited from Mr Robson's parents rather than being money made by the couple during their marriage.

He said there was a "need to be more cautious or less free" with money that is "actually nothing to do with either of the parties or their marriage".

He told the three Court of Appeal judges: "I do not suggest you can ring-fence it... but the fact it is inherited from someone else impresses it with a different character."

Judgment was reserved.

The hearing raises a much broader issue concerning what wealthy individuals can do to protect their inherited wealth in big-money marriage break-ups.

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