"E-mail announcements could adversely affect a judge's decision in a custody battle," said Stephanie Lehman, a matrimonial lawyer and partner in WolfBlock in New York.
Ms. Tidwell is resolute about having children and working full time, but Sheila G. Riesel, a matrimonial lawyer and partner with Blank Rome in Manhattan, said Ms. Tidwell ought to consider potential extreme circumstances as well.
His mother, a matrimonial lawyer, is a partner in Haber & Silver, a law firm in Florham Park, N.J.
"Real estate is a difficult asset," said Dana Stutman, a matrimonial attorney and founding partner of Stutman Stutman & Lichtenstein in New York.
A graduate of Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School, she specialized in matrimonial law, first as a partner in the firm of Stannage & Simon, later in Connecticut.
"In the '80s, you used to see Dad on Sundays and get a Happy Meal and an ice cream cone," said Leslie Barbara, a partner in the matrimonial and family law department at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron in Manhattan.
"Assuming Mr. Wonderful is married to someone else and getting divorced and gives her a 4-carat ring, he is not legally able to become engaged," said Eleanor Breitel Alter, who leads the matrimonial department and is a partner in Kasowitz, Benson Torres & Friedman in New York.
"The short answer is that it does not," said Emily Pollock, a partner specializing in matrimonial and family law at Kasowitz Benson Torres in New York.
The bridegroom, 69, is a founding partner in Berkman Bottger & Rodd, a matrimonial law firm in New York, where he specializes in litigation.
Workman attacked his former partner while arguing in the kitchen of their matrimonial home on 7 April.
