Celebrity Divorce

When the judge in Orange County make the ruling, Janine -- who's been trying to block the move so she could visit Sunny -- dropped her head on the table and began sobbing. Shortly after she screamed, "I'll move, I'll move!"

The judge ruled Jesse and Janine will have joint legal custody, but Jesse will have physical custody.

One small victory for Janine ... the judge allowed her to have physical custody of Sunny until school starts in Texas.

TMZ spoke with Janine after the ruling, and she said she could not compete with Jesse and Sandra and the "nice things they provide." She said she may let Sunny go to Texas early and hopes, "Someday I will be her mother again."

Shepherd testified after having a preemie baby weighing 1 pound, 10 ounces, she was going back and forth to the neonatal intensive care unit for several months. She said one day upon returning home, she found pictures of her husband Jeff Tarpley having sex with a random woman, whom he later impregnated.

Shepherd filed for divorce shortly after finding the photos, back in 2006.

"The View" star was leaving court in Los Angeles when we asked her if divorce had made her bitter toward marriage -- she said no ... in fact, she "loves marriage" and she'd "absolutely" do it again ... just not with her ex.

The-Dream wrote, "I’ve cried about this for months, after interviews, after prayer and I’ve tried to take my own life at a point because of the failure that was looming." The two announced their split earlier this week.

But in his letter, The-Dream also apologizes to fans for "misleading everyone" into believing his marriage was fine ... when in reality he was, "simply scared and embarrassed to let everyone know we were failing."

Schelske (left) filed legal docs in Tennessee recently ... asking a court to modify his 2007 child custody agreement with Evans, and it has a lot to do with the country singer's new dude Jay Barker (right).

In the docs, Schelske claims Barker -- a former NFL player -- has been sending harassing text messages, like: "Satan is controlling your thoughts and actions. You are what Jesus stood against ... The things I have seen with my own mind is a man possessed by Satan ... Away from us Satan!!!"

Schelske also claims in the papers that Evans and Barker have been berating and criticizing him in front of their 3 kids.

It's pretty stunning, since during the run of "Frasier" Kelsey was the highest paid actor on TV ... making $1.6 mil an episode at the end of the show's 11-year run.

As we first reported, Kelsey is asking that some of his "Frasier" money be declared his separate property. Turns out, he was married in 1997, four years after the series launched. So Kelsey's separate property request only covers the first 4 years. His earnings for the remaining 7 years, as well as much of the syndication money, will be considered community property.

Going 50/50 is risky business, when you've already been married twice before. Camille is Kelsey's third wife.

Just a note for the future.

TMZ has learned Merilee Gerth -- who settled a sexual harassment case against Jesse and WCC for $725,000 back in 2007 -- has arrived at the courthouse in Orange County and is set to take the stand.

We're told Jesse's ex-wife Janine Lindemulder -- who's trying to stop Jesse from taking their daughter Sunny to Texas -- believes Merilee knows intimate details about Jesse, Sunny, Sandra and WCC that are very important to Janine's case.

Stay tuned ... it's about to get ugly.

UPDATE: Score one for Jesse ... the judge shot down Janine's attempt to get Merilee on the stand!

Grammer is claiming various other separate property assets, but "Frasier" is the big ticket item specifically mentioned in the legal docs obtained by TMZ.

Grammer is also asking the judge not to award Camille spousal support.

And Grammer is asking for joint legal custody of the couple's two kids.

Moments ago in an Orange County courtroom, Janine was being questioned about Jesse's recent move to Texas -- and his attempt to have 6-year-old Sunny live with him permanently in the Lonestar state ... miles from where Sandra Bullock owns a home.

Janine argued that she doesn't think Sunny to go -- and stated, "I believe I'm being replaced by Sandra Bullock."

TMZ has obtained a copy of the email, sent by Janine Lindemulder to Jesse last month. In the email, Janine says, "I believe you are a good man and with all that has happened you are now much wiser and if given the chance with your wife again, you would not screw it up."

Janine not only gives Jesse permission to move with their daughter to Austin, she says she'll follow along.

And, Janine says, "Sunny talked about 'Louie' [sic] yesterday, she told me he doesn't like baths. She loves and misses her baby brother."

Attorney Richard Masson tells TMZ .... the blowup occurred while Jesse was in rehab earlier this year. Janine called her daughter's cell, and Sandra answered.

Masson would not reveal what Sandra said to his client, but he claims it wasn't the first time Sandy expressed harsh feelings toward Janine.

During today's custody hearing, a teacher from Sunny's school testified that Sandra made derogatory comments about Janine in front of Sunny. According to Masson, Sandra told the teacher, "Quite frankly, I'm glad Janine is in jail. She can go ruin someone else's life."

Jesse has been testifying on the stand this morning, but hasn't mentioned the allegation ... so far.

As we previously reported, Jesse bought a house in Austin and wants to take Sunny there so she can be closer to Sandra Bullock ... who developed a close relationship with Sunny before her divorce from Jesse.

But Janine filed documents trying to stop the move -- saying the Sandra excuse is BS because if she really cared about Jesse's kids ... she would have stayed in California.

Story developing...

According to documents filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, Kelly -- who was pregnant when she filed for divorce in December of last year -- was officially deemed a free woman as of June 6.

In the docs, it also shows Kelly's last name was changed back to Rutherford from Giersch.

Sources tell TMZ the Sheriff's Department investigation will last approximately 2 more weeks.

And sources say Mel's lawyer has made arrangements to make "a presentation" to Sheriff's investigators and that Mel "might be made available at a future date."

We're told the case will be referred to the L.A. County D.A.'s Office for felony review.

In the photos -- taken during the last week of June -- Mel shot a bothered look at the camera as a group of "fans" who recognized the star at the restaurant swarm him. Mel was at the restaurant because it's near the set of a movie he was shooting ... and really, who can resist their signature babyback ribs?

We're told Mel was "being really nice at first" ... but then "started to get a little annoyed" after several autograph and photo requests.

Days after these photos were taken, news broke that baby mama Oksana Grigoieva had secret recordings which allegedly captured Mel spewing racial and sexist hate towards her.