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McFeely_Smackup , EKATERINA BOLOVTS Report

I read about a case where the wife was trying to take half of a guys business and millions in personal assets, only to find out that the business had been moved into his sons name years earlier, and the guy donated all their savings, millions of dollars, to a childrens hospital in his soon to be ex-wife's name so she couldn't get the money.

The judge said what he did was technically legal since it was community property and no freeze had been placed on it yet, but was morally unconscionable. Lawyer said in his entire life he never saw a bigger smile on a mans face. He just kept saying "I just wanted to help the children" and smiling.

Final score:

240points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

Well played, Sir!

82points

According to the Institute for Family Studies, the divorce rate in America has been falling fast in recent years, hitting a record low in 2019. It seems that for every 1,000 marriages, only 14.9 ended in divorce: “This is the lowest rate we have seen in 50 years.”

Since more people are staying together, marriages are getting longer. The researchers found that the average duration of current marriages in the U.S. “has increased almost one year in the recent decade, from 19 years in 2010 to 19.8 years in 2019.”

Even though there are headlines blaring that COVID-19 has had a huge toll on people’s relationships, the drop in the divorce rate is likely to continue. In fact, research shows that the pandemic has actually brought some couples closer to each other.

My parents got divorced, and my mom didn't want my dad to show up in court and contest. So she called me and told me to put laxatives in his food so he wouldn't make it. I didn't, and she still hates me for it.

Tittybean24 , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

233points

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Kay blue 2 years ago

Don't involve kids in adult disputes.

219points

I once had a boss whose wife grabbed all the belongings from the house she felt entitled to while her husband was gone. Well, when he returned, every knob and handle was gone, too — doorknobs, cabinet handles, drawer handles, anything used to open something. And every day for the next week, he would occasionally yell out, 'SHE TOOK THE F**KING KNOBS!'

JortsEnthusiast69 , eelias Report

Final score:

220points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

LOL! Sorry for laughing... but LOL!

92points

Data from the American Family Survey reveals that a majority of wedded Americans say that “the pandemic has made them appreciate their spouse more and half agree that their commitment to marriage has deepened.”

However, while some choose to stay in a marriage for the long haul, others decide that splitting up is the healthier alternative. Maybe your partner left you for another person. Perhaps your relationship is not what you thought it would be. Or maybe your partnership has been in dire straits for years, but only now reached the end of the road.

There can be endless reasons why a marriage fails, but there’s no denying that it hurts. This can lead to at least one partner, or maybe even both, acting completely irrational and engaging in petty behaviors. And even though it’s tempting to take cheap shots at your ex, it can come back to bite you in the future.

Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce Watched a 14 million dollar settlement, which took months to achieve, abandoned when the parties came to who would keep the cat. For that, there was a week long trial. Jurors wanted to euthanize them both and take the cat home themselves.

NAbsentia , Manja Vitolic Report

Final score:

193points

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Mazer 2 years ago

My friends divorced, wife took the dog she did not like out of spite, gave it back to her husband when the dog became sick. I loathe pettiness, spite and childish behavior in adults, especially when innocent lives get destroyed

11points

Had a client whose wife wanted him out of the house. I told him not to leave, just move to a different bedroom for the time being because once he was out the chances of him ever getting back in were slim.

He texted his wife and told her he was staying in the house. She called back and left a VM that she wanted him out and if he wasn't out soon, she would start taking out her unhappiness on the children, and would remind the children that mommy was being mean to them because daddy wouldn't leave.

Armada5 , cottonbro Report

Final score:

191points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

If she left this message in a voice-mail, chances rose for the father getting the custody of the kids.

251points

Katie Crow, family law and divorce attorney, wrote that during the time of your divorce, every single thing you do is in the spotlight. “Emotions are running wild, and both of you are completely hurt and vulnerable, and it is important to try and keep a level head during the divorce.”

It’s no secret that divorces can be emotionally and financially difficult, but you have to stay calm and see your actions from different perspectives. Even seemingly small or innocent deeds can get twisted in the eyes of your partner, leading to a huge and long argument for everyone to see.

I work for a divorce attorney, and the craziest divorce I saw was when the husband — who had left the home — returned while his wife was at work to not only remove his clothing and belongings, but to Gorilla glue her things together! He glued the TV remote to the table, the phone to its cradle, the couch pillows to the couch, and he even glued the vacuum cleaner to the carpet. She called the police to report property damage, and for days afterward, she continued discovering random things glued together, including her oven mitts, which were glued to the wall, and all of her sheets in the linen closet, which were glued together.

MaxWyfe , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

187points

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Monday 2 years ago

This is one of those things that's absolutely awful when it happens...but a decade later is a hilarious story you share with your new partner.

114points

I read about a top executive at a Fortune 500 company who was caught in a nasty divorce. He was set up for life with a bunch of stock, houses, and assets in many places, and the wife wanted everything she could possible get. Well, the husband proposed that if his wife let him keep everything, he'd give her half of his paycheck for the rest of his life... She quickly agreed because his checks were huge, and he received millions of dollars in bonuses. Well, as soon as the paperwork was finalized, he quit his job and started to work part-time at a sporting goods store! He would still drive to work in his expensive car and was still set for life. But every Friday, he loved knowing that his ex-wife would only be getting about $150 per check.

Imaregularguy , Northwest Retail Report

Final score:

178points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

A lot of very rich people are officially working for a minimum wage to dodge taxes. The rest of their income are bonusses, travel expenses, counseling fees, attendance premiums and a share in the profits.

85points

Used to work as a file clerk for a divorce attorney. Our client was trying to get full custody over her child because her husband was “dangerously neglectful of their son”. How was he being dangerously neglectful?

By serving spaghetti (instead of turkey) for thanksgiving. I wish I was making this up

marierosa , Dana Tentis Report

Final score:

176points

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Cecily Holland 2 years ago

Evil Mole

26points

“Don’t fool yourself by saying ‘they would never say that about me’ or ‘they would never do that to me’ because I have seen too many people get hurt under that false assumption,” she said. “Divorce can bring out a completely different breed of character from the person you thought you have known for years. It may even bring out a new side in yourself that could get you into trouble.”

Crow recommends monitoring your actions and behavior to make sure that your feelings do not get the better of you. She provides a couple of examples: “Bad-mouthing your ex to your kids, getting a DUI, and having promiscuous relationships.” Acting out at the moment can end up hurting you in the long run. Not to mention that it can even cause bigger issues outside of your divorce.

#10

The couple was divorcing on mutual terms, and the wife had one child with this husband and one from a previous marriage. Well, the husband agreed to pay child support for both children even though he wasn't obligated to... The judge signed the order, they set up the child support account, and it got kicked back, saying they couldn't have two accounts for the same child. Well, it turns out, the wife had been collecting child support from the biological father the entire time they were married, and she never told her husband! So, she basically tried to milk two fathers for one child!

DikuToy , Michał Parzuchowski Report

Final score:

165points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

Husband #2 was pretty decent. Wife was not.

174points

#11

I represented a guy who was on his second marriage. His first wife had passed away from cancer. Well, while divorcing his second wife, he met a very kind, affectionate woman, they hit it off, and they became basically engaged...

Well, the fiancé was later diagnosed with terminal cancer, and when the wife found out, she accused him — in court — of killing his first wife by 'giving' her cancer and trying to do the same thing to his fiancé! I wish I had an artist's rendering of the scene, capturing the crazy look in the wife's eyes, her attorney's look of shame and embarrassment, and the judge's look of plain confusion.

loungesinger , Trnava University Report

Final score:

149points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

Crazy sick woman.

57points

waterbaby333 , Tingey Injury Law Firm Report

#12

Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce Child of traumatic divorce here.

There’s so many and I mean SO many things I could post on this thread about how f**king terrible my parents were to each other, but this takes the cake.

My parents were separated, in the process of divorcing, and had split custody between my brother and I (we were 5 and 7 at the time). My dad didn’t have his own place yet so when it was his turn to be with us he came back to our house (the one he purchased mind you) and my mom was supposed to leave. One weekend they were arguing over something and it got so bad that my mom wouldn’t leave and told my dad she would call the police (something she apparently did a lot to get her way, which after growing up with her I can attest she did this a lot unnecessarily to control us). So she left, called the police, told them my father was dangerous and had a gun (my dad was in the army and we had plenty guns, locked in a safe of course).

Of course the police were just doing their job, and took my mom at face value. It went so fast from my brother and I watching tv with my dad to the police knocking at our door, my dad opening the door and getting pepper sprayed without the cops saying anything, and then my dad locked the door and the cops couldn’t bust it down, so they came around back and broke our sliding glass door in so they could arrest my dad in our front yard with all our neighbors watching. I didn’t really understand what was happening at the time but it was traumatizing for sure.

Then my mom tried to get full custody of us in their actual divorce, and thank god the judge ruled for split custody. My whole childhood was s**tty honestly bc all they did was explain very deep and emotionally complex situations to very young children who just wanted their parents to love each other.

But yeah, I’ve never quite forgiven my mom for that one.

Final score:

147points

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Béla Kun 2 years ago

Why are ppl like this not in jail? In my country false reporting of a crime could easily land you in jail.

83points

Plus, you need to stay levelheaded not only because of your own actions but also to notice the possible traps set up to provoke you by your ex. “You may be the best parent in the world and have written a top-selling parenting book, but it only takes one wrong move to disintegrate your parental reputation.”

“So it is best to play it safe and know that your life will soon find a “new normal”, but now is the time to just get through your divorce with your head held high,” Crow suggested.

#13

My dad is a divorce attorney. His clients couldn't decide who would get the Labrador puppy's from a new litter they just breed. The pups are worth $1000 a pop. Well they also hadn't been up to date on their payments. So dad brought a litter of 8 floppy puppy's home as collateral for us to have until they could negotiate the settlement. So much fun for us kids

Rogue_Kat15 , Berkay Gumustekin Report

Final score:

143points

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Qibli of the SandWings 2 years ago (edited)

I hope you went with dad :) (new comment edit: I hope you had fun with the doges)

15points

105degrees_andrising , Alachua County Report

#14

During my first year of law school, a divorce lawyer told us about a well-to-do couple that spent months and months and tens of thousands of dollars fighting over every single thing, all the way down to a single ceramic ashtray. Even after they'd decided on everything else, they spent an additional $100,000 fighting over this ashtray... Well, after a court hearing, the wife finally won the ashtray, and she promptly strode out to the white courthouse steps and smashed it, leaving the pieces for the husband to see on his way out.

Final score:

140points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

All that money because of spite, hatred and bitterness. Shame on them!

116points

#15

Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce My sister and her ex-husband had agreed in arbitration that he would keep the house and car and that she would keep the furniture and electronics.

My dad and I rented a Uhaul to help her go get her stuff. We figured the amount of stuff she would get would be enough to get about $10-15K off Craigslist.

We arrived at the house to find only an Ikea futon, a smaller TV than they had, an old iMac, and all the outdoor furniture destroyed. We were so devastated for her.

She decided she wanted to close that venomous chapter of her life so she just took her losses rather than fight for stupid possessions.

Happy ending... She finished optometry school and became an optometrist, found a great husband, and is raising two awesome kids.

MagicInOrlando , cottonbro Report

Final score:

138points

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Wtf is that sort of settlement? How does he get to keep the house and she gets the furniture and white goods? That is hardly equitable. Unless the house was rented.

16points

aprilalberta , Karolina Grabowska Report

#16

The couple wanted everything split right down the middle, right down to the block of cheese in the fridge.

Final score:

124points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

No way! I get all the cheese, it's stated in the prenup!

90points

NegligentNeanderthal , No Revisions Report

#17

In the first divorce case I'd ever worked on, the husband waxed every single hair off his body to avoid a court-mandated drug test.

Final score:

122points

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Buren 2 years ago

Wait, I don't know anything about drug test. Is being hairless get you out of it???

39points

#18

The husband gave his wife five of his nine companies — the ones that owed seven figures in payroll taxes. He had made her the bookkeeper on paper, and she spent decades trying to shake the IRS for the results.

Flintoid , Romain Dancre Report

Final score:

121points

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postboredom 2 years ago

The arsehole ಠ_ಠ

56points

#19

I was an assistant at a family law practice, and in one divorce case we had, the wife had started dating someone new who was severely allergic to cats. Well, her ex-husband bought a cat for their kids — knowing that he wasn't allowed to have pets in his apartment — so that his ex-wife would have to keep it at her house.

The wife called us, saying that the kids were distraught she didn't want to keep it, and that her ex-husband told the kids that if their mom loved them, she would keep the cat.

drlitt , Cats Coming Report

Final score:

114points

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Ga Di 2 years ago

using a pet as a weapon - asshat

128points

#20

Friend was going through divorce from insane husband. He had been texting her pics of the gun he bought and threatening her. Police were called. Nothing they could do because it was 'only a picture'. He was staying with a secret girlfriend at this point. She allowed him to go get his stuff from the house. She was scared to go back in the house alone. I went with her. First red flag was he had changed the locks. So we waited for locksmith to open the house and change the locks again. Well, when the door opens...we noticed all of the furniture was gone. So we carefully went upstairs in search of her cats. The entire second floor was empty. No cats. No furniture. Even her clothes were gone. Come to find out he hired a moving company to pack and take everything, even the food in the fridge. Finally found the cats. He had taken them to another vet in town and put them up for boarding under his sister's name thinking she would not be able to find them. He was finally forced to disclose what happened to her possessions. He had them taken to a storage unit far away from the home.

JillAustin , JOSHUA COLEMAN Report

Final score:

111points

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

You're stupid if you allow your ex back in your house without you being present. First thing you do when your ex is out of the house is change the locks.

11points

#21

Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce Not a lawyer but was a legal intern for a divorce attorney a few years back. Dumbest f**king divorce I ever sat through lasted over two years because they refused to let each other get any ground. I was only there for the last year of the divorce but they argued over who got the Christmas ornaments for 4 months.
Pro tip: If you’re ever in a divorce, saying “sure, take it” is infinitely cheaper than your invoice would be otherwise.

walnut100 , Kevin Bidwell Report

Final score:

111points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

It's really hard for me to believe that two people who ever loved or cared about each other could be so petty and vicious when things go wrong.

2points

Candia Lee 2 years ago

Not everyone marries for love. Not everyone matures the same; my uncle divorced his kids' mom because she stayed the same while he advanced in the navy.

2points

Mazer 2 years ago

Some people have enough money to fight for what they feel they deserve

1point

Maria Mendez 2 years ago

Dang. I made sure to give my ex all of the pictures of him, both as a youth, and those with our daughter as well, because you can't re-take them, you know (1999)?

0points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

I would probably get all the Christmas ornaments....

0points

#22

My cousin's ex-wife wanted half of the house in their divorce — as in, she literally tried to get half of the house demolished just to spite my cousin.

SheZowRaisedbyWolves , Pixabay Report

Final score:

105points

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postboredom 2 years ago (edited)

She is just being messy now. Why ruin a good house?

31points

#23

A soon-to-be ex-husband left his wife's prized Koi to die on the doorstep of their house. Apparently the value of these fish (six in total) was over $100,000. She was, according to her lawyer, so distraught that she couldn't be in court. Only in LA.

[deleted] , Jason Leung Report

Final score:

105points

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MiriPanda 2 years ago

Animal abuse, disgusting...

170points

#24

She accused her ex-husband of sexually molesting their children while under the watchful eye of the nationally endorsed social workers who oversaw his contact with them (which was only required because he didn’t have his own private accommodation at the time). She also said that his Indian flatmates were inherently “dirty”. After the obviously false child molestation suggestion I warned her of the consequences of being caught lying about that (i.e. permanent loss of custody). She fired me but kept calling back using fake names to try and obtain free advice which contradicted my advice, but everyone she called immediately spotted her. This was a long time ago and now I specialise in insurance litigation, which is far less ugly.

[deleted] , Gabrielle Henderson Report

Final score:

96points

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LivingTheDream 2 years ago

I've seen so many horrible custody battles with false allegations to change child support/custody. Not a single one has EVER had consequences for false accusations.

24points

#25

Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce I worked in family law for three years as a Paralegal. Once we had a client request us to represent them and make them look like the more incompetent parent so the kids would stay with the other party per the parenting plan 100% of the time. The client wanted us to prove that they were not fit to watch children under any circumstances - unfortunately for them the other party tried to show that they were the incompetent one and our client should have the kids 100% of the time.

roIey , Markus Spiske Report

Final score:

96points

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Bubs623 2 years ago

Wow. Why even have children if this is how one acts?!? Poor kids.

112points

#26

I worked on a divorce in which the wife waited for her husband to leave the house on a business trip, then came to the house, turned on all of the faucets, plugged the drains, turned off the furnace, and left. It was -10 degrees.
When the husband came back five days later, the house was ruined, and the water froze and cracked the foundation.

Slagathar , naipo.de Report

Final score:

95points

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Mindghost 2 years ago

Did she get a fine, jail or headline in the local newspaper for this **** ?

81points

#27

He owed her $500 as part of the settlement. He brought two buckets of unsorted coins (mostly pennies) to our office.

She took the light bulbs out of every fixture when she moved out, then refused to give him right of first refusal if she wanted to get rid of their dog.

She spent a year and a half systematically destroying their business and then expected him to pay her hundreds of thousands of dollars for her share of the (now worthless) business.

ltl1109 , Anthony Report

Final score:

90points

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IlovemydogShilo 2 years ago

I hope the dog was OK.

84points

#28

I worked in family courts when I was first starting out, and the most memorable case I saw was when the wife literally took everything from the house. She even ripped out the carpets!

btchssltsswhre , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

78points

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Some Cool Guy 2 years ago

When my mother left my farther she took everything (not the carpet) and left a single beer on the counter. Damn she was cold.

30points

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#29

Most malicious thing I know of personally involved a coworker of mine. He was sleeping with a married woman, and ultimately the husband found out she was having an affair. Really ugly divorce ensues, during which they fought over a lot of assets, but the real point of contention was their dog, lovely GSD named Orion. Eventually, husband gets custody of the dog, and in under a month, has the dog put down, just to hurt her back for the affair.

ov3rwhelming , Marliese Streefland Report

Final score:

73points

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Caroline Nagel 2 years ago

Would a vet kill a healthy dog?

77points

#30

Not a divorce lawyer but remember this from another Reddit.

husband and wife getting divorced. There was a classic car Ferrari, jaguar or something like that that was worth a lot of money. It was a bone of contention in the divorce. After several months the husband finally proposes that he will let her have the car if she gives him the house. She agrees. Come to find out he had been taking the car out everyday and doing loops around the city for hours putting thousands of miles on it making it worth nothing.

NO_PRND , Lefter D Report

Final score:

58points

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Thenatural 2 years ago

I'm not convinced....just putting a few thousand miles on the clock isn't going to devalue a high end car to zero ....Even if you drove for 200 miles every day for a whole year,which I very much doubt(no one has that amount of spare time) it's only 70 odd thousand....so no,not for me

60points

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#31

Articled at a family law firm, thankfully moved on since.

Worst I saw was a decades long case. Husband had been in a motorcycle accident, suffered brain damage. Has severely limited capacity going forward. Got a huge settlement afterwards.

Wife spent the next several years stealing the entirety of the guy's money and property variously by forging his signature or putting documents in front of him that he couldn't understand and telling him they were something benign so he'd sign it.

She then forged a bunch of letters from a tax authority and convinced him he was about to go to jail and further convinced him to flee the country.

He finally came back several years later to find out everything he owned was in her name and one of the documents he was told to sign were divorce papers.

Dude got left with nothing. I moved on before I found out how the story ended.

dissociater , Pixabay Report

Final score:

30points

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Béla Kun 2 years ago

I don't think a severely brain damaged persons signature would be legally binding

29points

#32

Not a lawyer, but a child of divorce. My parents owned a couple duplexes in town as well as our house. They had saved enough up to pay a property off in full and my dad convinced my mom that it was better to pay off one of the duplexes instead of the house. A couple months later he files for divorce and only asks for the paid off property. He got it, lived in one side and rented out the other and stuck my mom with 2 kids and 3 mortgages (and of course refused to pay child support for my sister because she wasn't his biodaughter even though he had legally adopted her). Still makes me feel icky how conniving he was.

SilverDubloon Report

Final score:

29points

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Karla Nelsen 2 years ago

If they paid a property off, then it'd be 2 mortgages, just sayin'

3points

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#33

My uncle's ex tried to work it in that she would get half of whatever my grandmother would leave him when she passes. Joke's on her, my grandmother is passing over her kids (not maliciously, my uncle is very well off and so is my mom) and leaving everything to my brother and me.

Oh, also tried to get sole custody of both of their children...who are in their twenty's...

seeyousoonbaboon , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

28points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

But not leaving money to uncle's kids, OP's couisins?

5points

#34

A friends ex wife and he settled their divorce with her getting the house, a hefty chunk of retirement, all the gifted jewelry and his Harley she had gifted him for his birthday.

A few weeks later, a “robbery” occurred and the only thing that was stolen was the jewelry that he had gifted her, which was intended for their daughter. She tried to file an insurance claim on the jewelry but forgot to get appraisals and add as Riders so the max insurance paid was $1,500 for over $20,000 of jewelry. Suspicion is she staged it but is now stuck with “stolen” jewelry she can’t legally sell, nor wear, nor give to the daughter without tipping the dad off to the scam.

clarketl29 , Cornelia Ng Report

Final score:

28points

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SuePrew 2 years ago

why?

0points

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#35

I’m not a lawyer, but I work as a legal assistant for a family lawyer. The ex-husband was getting remarried. 1) His ex-wife sent him and his new fiancé a dozen black roses before their wedding. 2) His ex-wife then had a plane fly across during their wedding, dragging a sign that read “(name of ex-husband) likes it up the butt.” You can’t make this stuff up. Sad part is, she was not well and had been in and out of psych wards over the years. I hope she’s getting the help she needs now!

lottybugatti , LOGAN WEAVER Report

Final score:

28points

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Flash Henry 2 years ago

ok the plane thing made me cackle, not gonna lie

18points

#36

Worked at an airport. Big burly guy brings an ugly ass dog in a crate to the counter, he is clearly misty eyed. Turns out wife got the dog in the divorce and he has to send it to her and she told him as soon as she gets it she is putting it down. He asks if he can have some time with the dog before the flight so they go out in the grass and they both roll around in the grass, dogs tail just waggin away not knowing anything about his future. The guy puts him back in the crate drops him off the counter says thanks and then just walked out head down and just looking crushed.

That was 30 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

alex61821 Report

Final score:

27points

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Caroline Nagel 2 years ago

Anyone who would kill a dog out of spite deserves to die a very very painful death.

73points

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#37

Not a lawyer. But my partner has a mate who was going through a messy divorce. He registered as a “gambling addict” and went to some gambling anonymous (or whatever it’s called) and proceeded to go to the casino every day, taking wads of cash with him, pretending to gamble it all away, while he was secretly squirreling it all away. That way, when it came to the divorce and he was questioned where all his money went, he could “prove” that he lost it all through his gambling addiction and never had to pay her a penny.

franichan Report

Final score:

26points

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Papa Bonez 2 years ago

Shady, but smart.

12points

MoundSamurai19 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#38

I read about a divorce whose settlement included the shared custody of a parrot. Neither party was allowed to teach the parrot to swear at the other one.

discostud1515 Report

Final score:

25points

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Nora12 2 years ago

After reading the horrible stories in this thread about divorce couples euthanizing harmless pets to get back at their spouse this story is almost heart warming by comparison. Just don’t teach the parrot to call me bad names. OK. Sane folks.

4points

#39

Divorce lawyer. Accusing their former spouse of forcing them into prostitution. Text messages revealed they were actually just swingers. She also admitted to lying in order to "make him burn." I can't wait to leave my practice area.

Final score:

24points

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

CLA here. Domestic is the worst! Give me criminals anyday, at least you know what they are when you see them.

6points

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#40

When my parents got a divorce and all the financial stuff was settled, my mom agreed to take on the existing debt they had. As the paperwork was filed and things progressed with finalizing the divorce, my dad went out and ran his credit cards up to their limit buying himself new home entertainment toys and random s**t. To the tune of about 12K. There was nothing my mom could legally do about it so she was forced to slowly pay it off over the next 10 years.

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

That’s horrible

7points

#41

Our office worked on a messy divorce in which the parties were required to split up some antique pots. Well, when the husband delivered the wife's share of the pots to our office, he [pooped] in each one.

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Aurora C. 2 years ago

This one made me laugh!

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#42

I have a friend who went through a nasty divorce with a cheating spouse. His wife wanted the money from some penny stocks that did really well. He told her ok if you pay the $75 (somewhere around there) transfer fee you can have then. She did. Little did she know the stocks had taken a massive dive and were now worth less than the transfer fee.

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John L 2 years ago

Wife obviously knows nothing about "penny stocks", also known in the biz as "pump n dump".

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#43

Not my divorce, but my divorce lawyer told me about a case she was involved in where both clients were so petty that they had to all meet to argue over literally every single scrap of everything. The final object that neither would settle on was a ceramic rabbit statue, a really generic one from Home Depot or whatever. Zero sentimental value but since it was the final item, neither side wanted to "lose" the last thing and they dragged it out over 3 separate meetings for this one thing. I don't remember which ended up getting it, but once they settled it and signed everything, the "winning" party stuck it on their lawyer's desk as a gift and walked out.

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Enea 2 years ago

I call urban myth: This is just a variation of the above story where they were fighting over an ashtray, just for it to be smashed by the winning party at the steps of the courthouse.

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#44

I'm not a divorce lawyer , but ... My prior employer once was 'served' with an obviously forged garnishment 'order' from an employee's (ex?) wife, directing garnishment of his wages in an amount that far exceeded his actual wages. We reported it to the police department.

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Cold Contagious 2 years ago

I hope there were actual consequences for her actions.

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#45

I am not really a divorce lawyer but I am currently stuck with a divorce case. Both sides have been at a standstill for at least four months now over a difference of less than a thousand dollars. Like, we could have settled late 2019 but they both just want one last "I won" over the other one. Doesn't help that I hate family law cases to begin with - the only winners are the attorneys and they have to go through a lot of booze to cope with the stuff they deal with.

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Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago

People make jokes about lawyers but really, so many issues are the clients.

8points

#46

Paralegal for a divorce lawyer here. Our client told us he didn't clear out the marital account after the parties filed. Which technically is true, because while he removed $45,000 he left about $3.50 in there.

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Cold Contagious 2 years ago

Whoa, give him a pat on the back for the restraint he showed, clearly so difficult to leave that $3.50 in the bank. He didn't even leave enough for a service charge, which most banks have after your account has a balance that low. She'd be lucky to catch it before it went into the red. He's a piece of garbage.

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#47

Not a Lawyer, But my mom forged divorce papers to cheat on my dad. For 2 years i got my ass beat whenever i brought it up.

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

This doesn't make sense

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#48

I knew a guy that got out of the military at 19 years so his ex wouldn't get half his pension. He would rather get nothing than give half the pension to his ex if he stayed in one more year.

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John L 2 years ago

Ouch...I don't know if that's truly petty as it was his pension, even if she was entitled to half. After all, he did the time, not her.

7points

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#49

I’m a lawyer but have had a very limited amount of experience in divorce cases. The first case I ever worked the husband shaved/waxed every single hair off his body in an attempt to avoid a court-mandated drug test.

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Leodavinci 2 years ago

Why on earth are divorce cases even resulting in court mandated drug tests?

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Sathe Wesker 2 years ago

Man, my parents separated when I was 5. Amicable as all hell, never even got a legal divorce and she is now technically a widow. My freaking dad MOVED IN to the house with me, mom and bloody stepdad when I was 12. Stepdad would have a typical relationship argument with mom and go downstairs to share a beer with dad a bitch about it. Strange, for sure, but it was normal to me and they all raised me well, all loving. These stories piss me off… I’ve never been remotely close to this type of bitterness with any ex. I’m grateful for the way I was raised because of that (and, well, many other reasons).

36points

Caro Caro 2 years ago

This sounds pretty cool!

11points

Stephanie Keith 2 years ago

I love hearing your experience because this is how people should behave and treat each other. Why some people want to be hateful, spiteful, bitter, and treat anyone horribly is beyond me. Especially doing it knowing you're showing your own child how to treat someone horribly. People know that and still choose to behave that way. So I'm delighted to hear your experience. That's the right way to handle things.

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

I think that's nice. Whatever worked for you.

3points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

That's lovely. In as much as separation ever is

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I was the major money earner in my marriage. I bought everything. That was fine with me. I lived in a country where women didn't have legal rights. Both wife and children belonged by law to the husband. When I realized I needed to leave my marriage if I wanted to live, I made a very simple choice. I gave my husband everything, cars, home, contents, jewellery, electronics, tens of thousands of dollars in savings everything, as long as I could take my child to safety. It was touch and go till the very last minute whether he would let me go, since he had the right to take our child off the plane and leave me on it. But in the end, he wanted stuff, and he didn't want to be a father, so we were able to go. It was not easy being completely destitute, but nothing would ever have been worth more than the wellbeing of my child, and in the end, I gave everything I had for her and will never regret it.

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Jesus. You are a brave woman. Your children should be proud to have you as a mother

16points

IDK_Something 2 years ago

That must have been terrifying. I hope you're (possibly both) on the road to healing! <3

5points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

Now that is a mother.

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Lauren Caswell 2 years ago

Wow. You are incredible, I wish there were more people in the world with your cajones! That must have been so scary. Wow Jo I don't know what to say I'm just flabbergasted and hugely impressed ❤️

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Buren 2 years ago

Have to stop reading. How sad it is to imagine someone you used to love turns into ugly manure of human being, and how it must affect your ability to trust again in the future.

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Julie C Rose 2 years ago

Same. My ability to trust is already low because of bad experiences when I was younger, and I’ve never dated as a result. This just makes me even less willing to date.

6points

Juno French 2 years ago

Why on earth did this show up in the funny section? BP, you need to read things before you label them.

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

I worked for lawyers for 22 years. Once we had a client come in for divorce and he immediately told us he failed a drug test for meth. But he claimed he only took prescription Zantac and that's what caused the failure. While this is true in some cases, it is extremely rare. And he had no prescription. But he had a new Harley and the scumbag lawyer said, "that'll be mine soon." I absolutely detest family law.

6points

Rider 2 years ago

As a kid I watched my mom go through 2 divorces, neither come close to any of these. She got shafted on the second divorce, loser had lost his job for sexual harassment and no one would hire him for years. She had to buy back half the house, payoff his truck, and give him alimony. Plus pay for all our therapy for living with that sociopath (clinically diagnosed).

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

The animal ones make me sick. Imagine killing an animal just for the sake of being petty. Imagine knowing you’re shipping your beloved pet off to die and you can’t do anything about it just because your ex is petty. I feel so bad for the people that have to go through that! My dog is like family and I can’t imagine the horror these people go through!

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Riley Beard 2 years ago

When Mom and Dad split apart, my mom threw her [$6,000] green diamond ring off the balcony. She was really chemically unbalanced, but what the hell, mom.

3points

Chancey 2 years ago

I hate when people do stuff like this or destroy property. Such a waste.

1point

kjorn 2 years ago

how adult could behave like piece of s**t i don't get it. specially when kids are involve! people only think to themselves

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Jessica Ann Helm 2 years ago

When my parents divorced when I was 1, they were 10 times better then even the best stories above. They kept their relationship civil regarding me. Having split custody were I would go to the school at my mums, and go to my dads during the holidays. If there was any resentment, they never showed it when I was around. Making a child suffer during a divorce is inexcusable and cruel. And parents willing to do that should have never been parents in the first place

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

I can't understand how this gets so ugly. My first divorce (married young...like 19 young) we had three kids. I gave him every thing. Which wasn't much. We didn't have anything. Second divorce (this one almost killed me he turned out to be psycho) we were only married under 2 years. No assets, no kids. I again gave him everything. All I wanted was my crappy furniture and my last name back. He got a lawyer (free through a job he had just got) and tried to get alimony, my retirement etc. All of this AFTER stealing my car, turning off every thing to my house (electric water etc) telling the cellphone company my phone was stolen event though I proved my phone, his phone and the bills were paid through my account. That one bit him though because I quit paying for the phones. He destroyed my house (rental) he stole everything that matched. Took all the chords to the TV's, controllers to my kids' game systems. Dumb s**t like that. All because he was caught cheating and I threw

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

* him out. in the end, he got nothing and last I heard he was in jail (as I type this) dude is a mess. We've been divorced almost 10 years now and I met my forever and my forever husband is amazing. But I just can't fathom why people do this. All he had to do is sign. Crazy.

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Kate Jones 2 years ago

#15 - I don't want to be one of those Americans that thinks everything is in America, so was this from another country? Because as far as I know, American divorce hearings don't impanel juries. The judge or arbitrator makes the decision, even over the cat.#17 - if it was court ordered, wouldn't they just do a blood draw if he didn't have hair? #29 - I will never understand this. To hurt your children or the animals just to hurt the other party... I mean this is just crazy. In cases of custody of an animal, there should be a signed agreement that the person who gets custody should have to agree to take care of the animal and keep it safe, healthy and in the same condition as it had previously been or better. And if the animal is to be surrendered or put down, the opposing party should be allowed the opportunity to take custody. And if these conditions aren't met than custody reverts. There should be yearly vet appointments to make sure. This should be mandatory. Animals aren't objects.

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Michaelann Dahlman 2 years ago

I remember back in 1990 or 1991, reading about a case involving the child's surname. They couldn't agree on whose last name the kid would have, so he sneaks off to the Vital Statistics office to register the baby with his last name, while she's still in the hospital. She freaks out & changes the baby's name. This goes back & forth for 6 years & now they're in divorce court. Also the school is having issues with registering the kid, what name is s/he going to be going by? So the judge decides that from now on, both parent's signatures are required on the birth registration forms, if the couples are married. Births are required to be registered within 30 days. If the parents cannot agree on the baby's surname, they are automatically registered with a hyphenated surname, in alphabetical order. Vital Statistics had to change their forms to accommodate this court ruling. I was shaking my head, reading this in the Vancouver newspaper.

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Frannie Kaplan 2 years ago

Let this be a reminder to you of what marriage was rely designed for. To monetise women and for couples to use eachother

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Veronica Sjöberg 2 years ago

Divorces can turn really ugly. Especially if you have kids together. That's when you really understand that if you have kids together you are forced to be in contact with each other for a long time...and it can get pretty toxic.

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MuddyPuddles 2 years ago

when you read these using the app, half of the stories are missing the ending

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John L 2 years ago

Goes to show you, you need to understand the person you are marrying. I've been married twice and divorced twice. Both initiated by me (though I didn't want the divorce, they did), yet I've never had to pay alimony nor had contested or difficult divorces (legally speaking).

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Sathe Wesker 2 years ago

36points

Caro Caro 2 years ago

This sounds pretty cool!

11points

Stephanie Keith 2 years ago

3points

Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

I think that's nice. Whatever worked for you.

3points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

That's lovely. In as much as separation ever is

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

33points

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Jesus. You are a brave woman. Your children should be proud to have you as a mother

16points

IDK_Something 2 years ago

That must have been terrifying. I hope you're (possibly both) on the road to healing! <3

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Auntriarch 2 years ago

Now that is a mother.

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Lauren Caswell 2 years ago

Wow. You are incredible, I wish there were more people in the world with your cajones! That must have been so scary. Wow Jo I don't know what to say I'm just flabbergasted and hugely impressed ❤️

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Buren 2 years ago

Have to stop reading. How sad it is to imagine someone you used to love turns into ugly manure of human being, and how it must affect your ability to trust again in the future.

14points

Julie C Rose 2 years ago

Same. My ability to trust is already low because of bad experiences when I was younger, and I’ve never dated as a result. This just makes me even less willing to date.

6points

Juno French 2 years ago

Why on earth did this show up in the funny section? BP, you need to read things before you label them.

6points

Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

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Rider 2 years ago

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

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Riley Beard 2 years ago

When Mom and Dad split apart, my mom threw her [$6,000] green diamond ring off the balcony. She was really chemically unbalanced, but what the hell, mom.

3points

Chancey 2 years ago

I hate when people do stuff like this or destroy property. Such a waste.

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kjorn 2 years ago

how adult could behave like piece of s**t i don't get it. specially when kids are involve! people only think to themselves

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Jessica Ann Helm 2 years ago

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

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