There's no official confirmation of the specifics, but reports are beginning to spread that terms of the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant divorce are beginning to be met. The first word out of the chute, reported by the online source TMZ, is that the basketball star's estranged wife has been granted a property settlement estimated at $75 million. Included on the list are three of the couple's estates.

While the numbers on this divorce are high, it should be noted that there appears to be little acrimonious haggling going on. In some ways it seems to represent the epitome of what should be the objective of a no-fault, uncontested divorce.

Vanessa filed for the divorce last month. She cited the proverbial irreconcilable differences as the cause, some of which reportedly included allegations that Bryant has been unfaithful too many times to be tolerated.  (Incidentally, Pennsylvania does not list irreconcilable differences among grounds for divorce and the use of grounds necessarily indicates a fault, not a no-fault, divorce.  In a Pennsylvania no-fault divorce, it is simply said that the marriage is irretrievably broken without placing blame on either spouse.)

A lot has been made of the fact that the couple got married in 2001 without a prenuptial agreement. But if media reports about how the split is progressing are true, it may be evidence that such an agreement wasn't needed.

Shortly after the divorce became public, the couple issued a joint announcement. They said they have already resolved the tough issues with the help of their attorneys. TMZ quotes sources close to the couple as saying that the transfer of the three estates is part of the finalized deal. And Bryant is on record as saying he will pay alimony in some form. Court documents indicate that legal and physical custody of the couple's two children will be joint.

Source: KTLA, Los Angeles Times, "Kobe Bryant Divorce: Vanessa Gets 3 Newport Mansions," Jan. 20. 2012