Yup -- lots of times -- there was a big kerfuffle when it was time to renew the contract and he didn't want to.
You heard Jon say that? I thought a poster said this season was year two of the contract they signed last year?
That being said, I don't know about US or Pennsylvania law, but here in NS, there would be nothing to keep a mother from signing a contract on behalf of her child without the authorization of the father if they're married ie. Kate could sign herself and her kids up for the show without Jon approving. What's the law there? Do both parents have to sign to register kids for school? to join a ball team?
I don't know what the law is in PA, but in NY,if a parent objected, it would null the contract. Even for something as simple as a baseball team.
Maybe he always wanted to be the person he is now -- he was pretty young when they got married. He does really seem like the pierced ears, tree-hugging, snowboarding type of dude.
He wandered all over Europe and has had several jobs..maybe this is who he is, and stopping to get married and have 8 kids was just an interlude.
And it was Kate that presented Jon with a separation agreement some time ago. He agreed to quit his job to help her with the kids while she is away, but wants to get another -- I don't see him not wanting to work. And we don't know that he never wanted to do counselling she is the only one who has said that. Heck! they could have already gone to counselling and we wouldn't know about it. I think that we shouldn't assume that just because Jon didn't go to the media to get his side of the story out, that everything Kate said was gospel.
The only people who mentioned any type of agreement was Kevin and Jodi. I see nothing to substantiate that. As for if they got any help, we may never know. Jon has had a few jobs, I have no idea why he left the last one..if he wanted to, if she wanted him too, if it was part of the agreement with TLC. But he did quit (assume he wasn't fired from this one) and he coudl have said no. I've watched from the begining and haven't a clue as to how that went down.
I have no doubt that Kate is hurt, like most people that are about to get divorced. We may never know what the reason was for her to file. It may be as simple as her lawyer told her too, or it may be that there were other circumstances. Or maybe Jon's lawyer wanted her too, so he held back. We may never know those answers.
Long story short, I just can't believe much of what is in the People article. It comes across as being very bitter (not that I blame her) and is very one-sided. Divorce is rarely ever the result of just one person's actions.
And it usually is in a divorce. Whoever is speaking is usually speaking of their hurt and why they feel there was a break down.
It's sad no matter whose fault it is, but I truly feel that they both have just not been respectful of each other and this is the result of that.
