Front man for the now-defunct White Stripes and The Raconteurs has invited close friends to celebrate his divorce from singer, model and second wife Karen Elson. The split is harmonious.
The couple announced today that they will be divorcing, most likely aided by a divorce attorney. The couple married in June of 2005, in Brazil on a canoe where the three rivers converge, the Rio Negro, the Solimones and the Amazon.
They have invited close friends and family to celebrate with them in Nashville. The invitations are reported to say “Please come help us celebrate together this anniversary of the making and breaking of the sacred union of marriage with our best friends and animals.” There is a growing trend among divorcing couples to celebrate with a party.
The couple has two children together, Scarlett and Henry Lee. Though they plan to raise the children together, a divorce lawyer will be needed to determine a custody agreement between the two.
Second and third marriages have a higher rate of divorce than people who have had only one spouse. According to some statistics, 60 percent of second marriages, and 73 percent of third marriages end in divorce.
Although the White and Elson split is amicable many divorces can get ugly. A divorce attorney is often needed to temper the emotions that arise in dissolution, and handle the division of marital assets, along with child custody.
