Tareq Salahi has filed for divorce from Michaele Salahi, White House gate crasher and one of the Real Housewives of DC.

Tareq accuses Michaele of desertion and adultery with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.

In the Complaint, Tareq claims Schon sent Michaele a picture of a part of his body via email.

There is no lawyer’s name on the Complaint, but it appears to be drafted by someone who knows divorce law.  There is no mention of a prenuptial agreement.

?1. Caryn Tamber, Legal Affairs Writer for the Maryland Daily Record writes:

James Gross at the Maryland Divorce Legal Crier has a Mickey Spillane-esque (“I knew she was in trouble the minute she walked into my law office”) post on filing a claim for dissipation.

(I thought it was kind of Dashiell Hammett-esque myself, but I like Mickey Spillane, too.)

2. PrenuptialAgreement.Org names the Maryland Divorce Legal Crier as one of the Top Family Law Blogs and says:

James Gross. An excellent blogger who manages to turn information about family law into interesting stories that are enjoyable to read. The author also blogs about father’s rights in his Fathers’ Rights Law blog. Recent posts include discussions about spouses spending money on mistresses, legal fees and four way meetings.

3. The American Bar Association Journal reports:

The Maryland Divorce Legal Crier has news and comments about divorce, child support, child custody, alimony, equitable property distribution, father’s rights, mother’s rights, family law, laws on divorce and other legal information in Maryland. Author James Gross is a divorce lawyer in Chevy Chase, Md.

In Harbom v. Harbom, 134 Md. App. 430 (2000), the Court of Special Appeals explained the rules in Maryland for prenuptial agreements. The real test is whether there was overreaching. That means whether in the atmosphere and environment of the confidential relationship between a man and a woman about to get married, there was unfairness or inequity in the result of the agreement or in its procurement. There has to be frank, full and truthful disclosure or actual knowledge of what is being relinquished. If you want to break the agreement and can show lack of disclosure or knowledge, then the burden is on the other party to show that you entered into it freely and voluntarily and with full knowledge of its meaning and effect.