It looks like Hilary Duff and sister Haylie Duff are back on good terms with their father, Bob Duff. I was unsure how the family held together after Bob and Susan had that messy divorce. However, the Duff sisters spent part of their Saturday meeting up with Dad at the Palm steakhouse in Beverly Hills:

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Hilary Duff’s father, Robert Duff, was arrested last yesterday for contempt of court. Bob Duff has been sent by the judge to a Texas county jail. He has been ordered to spend 10 days in jail.

According to The Houston Chronicle, the contempt of court charge stems from a violation of a court injunction. The injunction stated that Bob Duff could not sell any of his assets without court approval, as part of the divorce agreement between Bob Duff and Susan Duff. He failed to get court approval when he sold some of his assets. Bob Duff’s bond is set at $367,537, the amount he earned from selling stocks last month.

A judge in Harris County was hearing the case on Wednesday - it ended with Bob Duff being escorted out in handcuffs with the contempt of court charge. The court meeting between Bob, Susan and their lawyers was heated with accusations of lying and unethical legal practice. Neither Hilary nor Haylie was in court for the hearing.

During the hearing, Susan Duff took the stand to ask for $25,000 to fund a present and party for Hilary Duff’s 21st birthday on September 28th - the same price that was spent by Bob for Haylie when she turned 21. Susan says the stipend from Bob is not enough to live by, let alone to throw a party, and that her lawyers are already being paid for by Hilary.

Susan Duff testified that Hilary Duff is "emotionally upset by the abandonment of her father" and should receive the funds for the birthday "to have some kind of recognition for a young life well-lived."

After Bob Duff was hand cuffed, Susan Duff gasped in shock and was heard to say "This isn’t what I wanted." Bob Duff wanted to speak with a reporter, but a gag order from the court prevents him from making public statements. 

thanks to Dudong for the tip

Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff and Susan Duff are above photographed leaving the Harris County Family Law Center today. The family appeared in court today for the divorce hearing between Susan Duff and Bob Duff.

Susan Duff asked the court that her husband pay her living expenses while the divorce is pending. Susan Duff has not worked since 1988 and has been supported for many years by Hilary and Haylie.

The judge ordered Bob Duff to pay $100,000 in temporary support over five months, beginning in January, in addition to a previously ordered $100,000 for expenses and legal fees (as yet unpaid). A hearing is set for January to examine the prenuptial contract between Bob and Susan Duff.

Stansbury, a retired family court judge from Fort Bend County appointed to hear the case, also ordered Bob Duff to pay $150,000 of his wife’s legal fees by Feb. 1, although he later suspended the order until a hearing set for next month to examine a prenuptial contract between Bob and Susan Duff.

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USA Today, although giving Dignity only 2.5/4 stars, has a great interview with Hilary Duff.

First, Hilary Duff talks about ‘Stranger’ and ‘Gypsy Woman’ and how they relate to her parents - NOT to Joel Madden & Nicole Richie:

Duff insists that both songs —Stranger and Gypsy Woman— were inspired by a crisis having nothing to do with her former beau.

“This is so hard to talk about,” Duff says, holed up in a tiny dressing room at MTV’s studios, where she co-hosted TRL last week. She’s referring to the separation last year of her parents, Bob and Susan Duff, which the family managed to keep more private than the Duff/Madden breakup. “For some reason, I was embarrassed that my family wasn’t perfect and that some woman had broken it up.”

That other woman, she says, is the subject of Gypsy, which the singer co-wrote with her elder sister and frequent collaborator, Haylie. “And Stranger is a song I wrote about how my mom must feel around my dad. I made it seem like it was about a relationship I was in, because I didn’t want people to know about my parents. But I’ve realized that so many people can relate to what I’ve gone through.”

I feel horrible that Hilary had to go through that, but I hope she found some closure by writing the songs.
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Via OH Hilary

Hilary Duff is so cute! She went out for dinner with her daddy. I love her little shoes. They look like something Mischa Barton would wear.

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