(CBS News)
Maria Shriver has hired a top divorce lawyer, but hasn't decided yet whether she wants to divorce Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to People magazine.
It quotes sources close to Shriver as saying Laura Wasser, described as a "prominent Los Angeles family law attorney," is representing Shriver.
"Maria hasn't decided yet if she wants to end her marriage," People quotes one source as saying. Wasser was hired before word of Schwarzenegger's affair became public, People adds.
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Meanwhile, the name of the mother of the former California governor's teenaged love child is now known -- and new details have emerged about Schwarzenegger's financial support for his 13-year-old son.
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On "The Early Show," CBS News National Correspondent Ben Tracy reported a picture, believed to be taken in 1994, shows Schwarzenegger dancing at his home with Mildred Patricia Baena. She was his longtime housekeeper and the woman with whom he later fathered a child -- a secret they both kept for nearly 14 years.
Tracy says Schwarzenegger himself is now being hounded, as a birth certificate has surfaced showing the child, a boy, was born in October 1997 -- just a week after Shriver gave birth to their youngest son, Christopher. Baena got divorced less than a month later. Settlement papers reveal she claimed she and her husband had no children. Schwarzenegger has been supporting the teenager. He lives with his mother in a four bedroom home in Bakersfield, Calif.
Marty Steelman, a Bakersfield neighbor, told CBS News Schwarzenegger's son is "just a really, really nice kid ... the kid you want to have."
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On Tuesday night, Maria Shriver appeared onstage in Chicago with longtime friend Oprah Winfrey at a taping of one of Winfrey's final shows. Shriver didn't mention her husband directly, but thanked Winfrey or having always "given me love, support, wisdom and, most of all, the truth."
So far, Tracy pointed out, this scandal doesn't seem to be affecting Schwarzenegger's Hollywood comeback. He is set to star in three upcoming films, including two new installments of the "Terminator" franchise.
Mike Fleeman, West Coast editor of People magazine said, "The biggest stumbling block will be the promotion of the movie. This will be the elephant in the room. Will he talk about it, not talk about it? It's going to be very difficult."
Many observers are amazed the former governor risked his political and film careers, and ultimately, his family, Tracy notes.
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