Indie Darlings Zooey Deschanel & Ben Gibbard: Divorce up ahead!

The world seems to be reeling from the announcement that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are getting a divorce, but they aren’t the only celeb couple to announce a split this week. Indie actress Zooey Deshanel and front man for 'Death Cab for Cutie' have also announced that they too, are headed towards a divorce.

Zooey and Ben met in 2006 through their mutual manager and married in 2009 after an 11 month engagement.  The rep for the couple told Us Weekly that the split is “mutual and amicable,” and added that there was no third party involved. Infidelity is one of the main reasons that couples decide to divorce.

Any marriage takes work and the busy life of a celebrity can put an extra strain on a couple. Because of their notoriety, and the money involved it is important that celebrities and musicians find an accomplished divorce attorney to help the settle the details of a formal split.

Many couples, who decide to split, often state irreconcilable differences as the reason for dissolution. Even though the decision to divorce is a hard one to make, it can be even more difficult to work through certain issues.

Zooey and Ben don’t have any children to worry about, but a large majority of divorcing couples must deal with custody issues. When children are involved, it is critical that they find competent divorce lawyers to help with support and deciding, which parent will get primary custody of any children.