Celebrity Divorce

The woman making the claim is Janine Lindemulder -- who lost custody of her daughter Sunny James to Jesse while she was serving a 6-month prison stint in 2009 for tax evasion.

Lindemulder is now a free woman and claims she's ready to get 50-50 custody back -- but she's too broke to pay a lawyer to handle the case. So, she's filed documents in Orange County, CA asking a judge to make Jesse spot her a cool $5,000 for legal fees.

But according to the docs, Janine doesn't think Jesse's gonna play ball -- and expects him to fight her request for 50-50 custody.

ABC has released its first teaser of the big "Nightline" and "GMA" interview series -- set to air Tuesday -- in which Jesse admits, "I took a pretty amazing life and marriage ... and threw it away."

According to docs filed Friday in L.A. County Superior Court by Hoff's attorney, Mel Goldsman ... Bach gave up her stake in the $3.25 million property in exchange for Hoff's hefty compensation.

We don't know the size of David's mortgage.

It appears Bach -- who recently served jail time after she pled no contest to DUI charges -- hasn't lived in the house for over a year.

Hasselhoff and Bach divorced in 2006.

James stopped by the law firm of Schwake Zielinski, L.L.P. -- where they just happened to be smack in the middle of Thirsty Thursdays.

Attorney Brad Zielinski told TMZ he was shocked when Jesse arrived, and his only connection to the firm is that Jesse bought a truck from one of Brad's friends.

The subject matter -- trucks. Jesse didn't drink, stayed a short time and left.

Elin's lawyer, Walter H. White, Jr., who practices in London, sent an email to his staff on April 19, 2010 -- an email obtained by TMZ. White warns his people, "Recently we have been accused by the other side of leaking information to the press. While we do not believe that anyone in the firm has been responsible for the leaks, we are aware that this is the second time that we have been so accused ... "

White urges his staff to "avoid conversations relating to firm activities in public ..."

After we called White on Wednesday and told him we had information he was repping Elin, he sent a staff email saying, "TMZ the web news service has discovered that we in London represent Elin Nordegren ... "

The email notes that Elin's sister, Josefin, works at the firm and then boasts, "To some extent it is a surprise and a tribute to the office and the firm that it has taken them so long to figure this out."

TMZ broke the story Elin hired attorney Walter H. White, Jr., who practices in London. In an email to his staff dated January 12, 2010, White wrote, "I am writing to advise you that we have been asked by Ms. Nordegren to assist her in better understanding her legal circumstances." White goes on: "The firm has assigned a dedicated team to work closely and confidentially with Elin and Josefin in order to fulfill this mandate."

Sources tell TMZ Elin Nordegren has hired a lawyer to rep her in her divorce from Tiger Woods -- a lawyer who has some deep Nordegren connections.

We're told Elin hired Walter H. White, Jr. from a law firm in London. Elin's sister, Josefin, works at the law firm.

TMZ spoke with White this morning, who would neither confirm nor deny if he repped Elin.

But after our conversation this AM, we've learned White sent an email to his staff, noting that "TMZ the web news service has discovered that we in London represent Elin Nordgren [sic]."

Dennis Hopper's estranged wife filed legal docs, claiming the actor is not as infirmed as he claims to be.

Victoria Hopper's lawyer, Mirka Royston from Trope and Trope, argues that Dennis is not fully leveling with the court when he says he's too ill to sit for a deposition in the divorce case.

Royston claims Dennis has traveled by private jet to New Mexico, accepted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and makes medical marijuana runs every week.

Royston claims -- although Dennis is terminally ill with cancer -- he should be required to sit for his depo so Victoria can establish a record before he passes.

The Cook County Sheriff's Department tells TMZ Siohvaughn Wade was taken into custody this morning when she showed up to court in Chicago. Yesterday, the court issued a body attachment order asking police to track her down.

In court today, Siohvaughn's attorney filed papers claiming that she -- the attorney -- was involved in a car accident yesterday, and asked that the body attachment order be rescinded citing the accident as the reason why Siohvaughn was a no-show.

The judge didn't buy it -- so Siohvaughn was taken into custody at 11:15 AM CST.

And get this: Siohvaughn must have known the car accident excuse wasn't going to work ... because court officials say she showed up with her $10,000 bond in hand.

Sources very familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... the most important thing for both Tiger and Elin is keeping the terms of the divorce confidential. We're told Tiger has a team -- partly based in NYC -- that is working on the division of assets. But ... as TMZ first told you ... the key player is West Palm Beach lawyer Thomas Sasser, an expert in child custody agreements that involve more than one jurisdiction.

Sources say one of the options is to actually file for divorce in Sweden -- Elin wants to move there with the kids and Tiger would have to submit to the jurisdiction of the court. Wherever the divorce is filed, the plan is to keep the custody and property settlement agreements out of the court file. We're told the quicker and quieter the divorce, the better.

The big issue, we're told -- Tiger wants either custody or visitation, and assurance that he can go into court and enforce the agreement if Elin violates it. We're told Tiger wants the option to go to either a Swedish or American court to enforce the custody agreement.

And sources say ... the couple has not reached agreement on any of the major issues ... at least not yet.

Stay tuned...

Sources close to the couple tell us King is checking out of the hotel where he's been staying and heading back into the couple's Beverly Hills mansion today .... to give the whole "living together" thing another test run.

We're told both sides have agreed to a one-week trial ... but it could go longer if things go well.

This is the third time Larry and Shawn extended their deadline for moving forward with the divorce. Today was supposed to be do-or-die decision-making time.

Tune in next week ...

Cryer was trying to reduce his child support payments from $8,000 a month to zero.

Cryer's position -- he has primary custody of 9-year-old Charlie.

We're told the high-profile, 39-year-old Sasser is an expert in enforcing international child custody agreements -- and sources say the custody agreement is going to be a central issue in Tiger and Elin's divorce.

Sources say Tiger and Elin are trying to work out an arrangement where Elin can take the two kids with her to Sweden, but Tiger will have either custody or visitation rights as well.

Our sources say other lawyers and business people are on Tiger's team -- especially for property settlement issues -- but Sasser is the key man in handling what could become a sticky issue -- child custody.

The goal is for Sasser and lawyers from Elin's team to work out an agreement before divorce papers are filed.

Sasser represented NASCAR star Jeff Gordon in his divorce back in 2003. In that case, the settlement agreement was not reported to the court.

Earlier today, Siohvaughn Wade had blown off a court hearing in Chicago regarding her ongoing divorce war with the Miami Heat star -- so the judge threatened to issue a body attachment order unless she showed up in the afternoon.

The deadline came and went -- and Siohvaughn never showed.

Now, the judge has issued the order -- which means cops will now seek her out, take her into custody ... and deliver her to the judge.

As we previously reported, Siohvaughn has made several sensational claims about Dwyane -- most recently accusing the NBA star of engaging in "sexual foreplay" with his new girlfriend in front of his kids.

Jamie McCourt had asked for nearly a million bucks a month in support, but Judge Scott Gordon shot down her claim for $444,000 in perks -- which she called "monthly prerequisites" which she received while she was CEO of the Dodgers. Nevertheless, Frank was ordered to pay half a mil a month more than he offered.

Frank was ordered to make the payments to Jamie retro to last December ... which means he needs to cut a gigantic check -- approximately $2.8 million.

And get this ... Jamie says she's on the hook for $8.26 million in attorney's fees and wanted Frank to pay. Instead, the judge ruled that the couple must sell their Cabo San Lucas home -- valued at $7 million -- and Jamie can use her half for lawyer's costs. The judge wants more info before he decides if Jamie should get more from Frank in the attorney's fees department.

Sources say Charlie and Brooke acknowledge divorce is a real possibility, but don't want their business to come out in dribs and drabs in court filings. So lawyers advised them to negotiate the terms of a possible divorce now, get all the paperwork together and then see if the marriage has a chance. If it doesn't, everything will get filed at once.