Mediate Michigan

Kevin Ireland created his blog in January 2008. He called it “My Divorce Sucks.”

“If you are reading this then you probably know me,” his first post begins. “I needed a way to let everyone know what is going on with my divorce without having to rehash things all the time.”

Kevin’s wife, Kimberly Ireland, had filed for divorce on March 19, 2007, after 14 years of marriage. The couple had a young son and a teenage daughter. Kevin worked an IT job, and Kimberly was a lawyer who had recently left her position at a large firm to become a partner in a new, storefront practice, McKee & Ireland LLC. Aaron McKee, Kimberly’s law partner, was also serving as her attorney in the divorce.

What started as a simple legal proceeding between the Irelands soon mutated into a vicious, scorched-earth campaign. As court filings accumulated, the Irelands’ respective attorneys poured gasoline on the flames. A Johnson County judge eventually called it a “classic War of the Roses-type situation” and described the Ireland family as “bizarre.”

via Worst. Divorce. Ever. – Page 1 – News – Kansas City – The Pitch.