MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL - GYLLENHAAL PARENTS IN FINANCIAL MESS

GYLLENHAAL PARENTS IN FINANCIAL MESS

JAKE and MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL's divorcing parents are facing financial ruin, according to new court documents charting their split.
Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner separated in January (08), and Foner filed for divorce last month (Oct08), seeking to formally end their 31-year marriage.
In court papers filed in Los Angeles and obtained by TMZ.com, Foner reveals how she struggled to make an income through her work as a screenwriter, and had to take out a loan to survive during the 2007/2008 Writer's Guild of America Strike.
But she claims she has been left with all the mortgage and insurance payments on the former couple's four homes, because her estranged husband - an acclaimed TV director - is refusing to help.
She writes that, "During our marriage, our expenses tended to outpace our income. Accordingly, we accumulated a certain amount of debt.
"I have repeatedly asked Stephen to pay his one-half share of our bills, and he has refused to do so.
"As recently as the end of September Stephen has told me that he recognises 'that things are reaching a really dangerous point in terms of the finances... I can't be clearer that you can't expect me to help any more with this situation.' He further stated, 'I have been clear that worse comes to worse, I will let all of this collapse into ruin, just as I believe letting the markets crash and burn are the right approach. Pain now for clarity and balance later.'"
Foner is asking her estranged husband to cover half the couple's debts to "avoid default on any of them."
The court documents state the couple has been married for over 30 years. Foner cites irreconcilable differences for the split.