Heater Mills, the now ex-wife of Paul McCartney, has already settled her divorce from the former Beatle for $48.7 million.  Given that they were married for four years - 2002 through 2006 - that works out to approximately $35,000 for each and every day they were married.  In addition to that lump-sum settlement, though, she also gets $70,000 a year in on-going payments plus “child support” payments to cover nannies and private schools for their kid Beatrice.

That’s a pretty big pay day, though why she’s entitled to any of it given that most of McCartney’s wealth comes from his past affiliation with the Beatles who broke up when Heather Mills was about 12 months old is beyond me.

But what’s amazing is that this gigantic and ill-deserved pay day isn’t enough for her.  She wants more:

Heather Mills is trying to prove Sir Paul McCartney is worth much more than the £400 million he claimed in their divorce battle.
She has told friends she is employing a team of forensic accountants to examine her former husband’s finances.

In her impromptu press conference after the divorce hearing at the High Court, Miss Mills said: “We all know he’s worth £800million. He’s been worth £800million for the last 15 years.”

She’s also complaining that the tens of millions of dollars she’s already received, along with the $70,000/year on-going payments, aren’t enough for her to raise little Beatrice:

Miss Mills has told friends she cannot look after Beatrice on £35,000 a year, the sum awarded at the High Court.

One said: “Heather says she can prove the amount of money that is being given to look after Bea will not last over the year. She is putting it to the test.
“Even with Bea travelling in economy Heather says it’s not enough. She is keeping every receipt - including her invoice to her security team - to show that £35,000 is just not sufficient.

“Heather’s thinking is that Bea should not be seen to have a different lifestyle when she is with Heather compared to Paul - and she is going about proving that is not possible.

Meanwhile, a lot of entire families would love to live on just the $70,000/year she’s getting in addition to the tens of millions already included in her settlement.

That the British courts would let Mills get away with this exemplifies everything that’s wrong with family law both in Great Britain and America.