Donald Trump Jr. and his estranged wife appeared to be in good spirits on Thursday during a brief hearing before a Manhattan judge in their contested divorce. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Katz, who is presiding over the case, commended the couple for working out custody issues regarding their five children, which attorneys for the couple said should be worked out within several weeks. When Trump's wife, Vanessa Trump, filed for divorce in March, the action was uncontested. Trump Jr. is represented by Norman Heller and Caroline Krauss-Browne of Blank Rome. Vanessa Trump is represented by Patricia Hennessey of Hennessey & Bienstock, a firm whose clients have included MTV founder Tom Freston and Fox Sports executive Cliff Pozner; and David Feureisen of Bartels & Feureisen. Attorneys for both parties declined to comment on the case following the hearing. Former Fox News Channel personality Kimberly Guilfoyle recently left the network amid news that she's dating Donald Trump Jr. The Trumps were married in 2005 and made President Donald Trump a grandfather in 2007 with the birth of their first child. "You have prioritized your children and taken steps to shield them from what could have been an invasive litigation process," Katz said to the erstwhile couple, according to media reports. "Not everyone is able to do that." Katz also presided over the divorce of disgraced politician Anthony Weiner from former Hillary Clinton staffer Huma Abedin. Weiner, who represented portions of Brooklyn in Congress for 12 years and was once a serious contender for New York City mayor, was sentenced last year to 21 months in prison for sending obscene material to a 15-year-old female. Weiner and Abedin settled their divorce out of court. Raoul Felder, a prominent Manhattan divorce attorney who is not involved in the Trump divorce, said that if he were representing the president's son—he says one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's sons once consulted him on a divorce, but declined to say which because the exchange was privileged—or his estranged wife, he would advise them to also consider a settlement, which would keep them out of the courts and, thus, the public eye. "The president's family is not elected, but the public is very involved with the family," Felder said. Vanessa Trump is the stepdaughter of the late Charles Haydon, an attorney whose clientele included Marilyn Monroe and real estate developer Abe Hirschfeld and who reportedly made a winning investment in Rao's Specialty Foods, which sells marinara sauce. Felder said that, under New York law, like that of many other states, any money that Vanessa Trump inherits from her stepfather's estate would not be treated as ordinary income, not marital income.