The highly publicized divorce between Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller has entered a new phase. Not long after they signed a child custody agreement that divided custody of the couple's twin boys between the two parents, Sheen and Mueller were back in court arguing over the agreement.

While this type of divorce earns the most headlines, it is more like fiction than fact for most people who would like to get divorced. Unlike Sheen and Mueller, most people do not have exorbitant amounts of money to pay for lawyers who argue and re-argue the same issues in court. For people seeking a divorce as amicably and inexpensively as possible, there are far more affordable divorce options with a simple, uncontested no-fault divorce being the least expensive. For an uncontested divorce to be possible, the spouses must be able to reach an agreement on the issues of the divorce. Then, one of the spouses hires an attorney who handles the paperwork. For people seeking an uncontested divorce, Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are not role models.

Part of Sheen and Mueller's child custody agreement requires that both parents remain sober. Amid reports that Mueller had relapsed, Sheen returned to court in order to have their child custody agreement modified. Sheen wanted to cancel the child support he owed Mueller and he wanted full custody of their twin sons.

Last week, a judge refused to modify the child custody agreement, leaving the status quo intact for now. Mueller will retain primary custody over the boys and Sheen will continue to have visitation rights.

Source: USA Today, "Details of Charlie Sheen's court cases emerge," Ann Oldenburg, 4/20/2011