Half plus alimony for life.
Of EVERYTHING including the gas cans.
So here's what he has
House in Riverside- in escrow, closes Dec 1st... ( her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in Havasu... ( on her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in OC- bought in 1998 ( his name only)
Business - her name only ( since 2016 )
They both work at the business
Kids all grown up, over 21
His ex is a bitch, fat and ugly
Wants to win every argument,
Whose name is on it means nothing. In California, each in entitled to half for the existence of the marriage. If your buddy inherited something from his parents or someone, that may be retained by him and him only.So here's what he has
House in Riverside- in escrow, closes Dec 1st... ( her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in Havasu... ( on her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in OC- bought in 1998 ( his name only)
Business - her name only ( since 2016 )
They both work at the business
I don't think he cares if she gets half, he's going to be happier he said , when she's gone
Kids all grown up, over 21
His ex is a bitch, fat and ugly
Wants to win every argument,
Haha - I thought I was the only one thinking…
Not necessarily. If one party can trace back that an asset was bought and paid for with separate property and the cost of acquisition was not with any "community" funds, that party can retain sole ownership of the asset.
Alimony until the receiving party marries again, cohabitates with another partner, or dies.
I ended up paying her almost $250K over a period of 10 years in the form of alimony and child support. She kept the kids from me and essentially drove a wedge between both of my boys and me. The part that sucks the most is the lacking relationship I now have with my two sons. I don't give a shit about all the money I've lost. For that, she can rot in hell.
The only good thing my attorney did for me was also include or until there is a new court order. I was able to get free of the spousal support order (that's what it's called now) by retiring and going to court and getting a new order. Oddly enough I was told quitting your job does not relieve you of the existing support order, but if you are of retirement age they can't force you to work. This was after a 40 year marriage, I only paid support for 4 years. My advice would be go to a mediator for around $4000 and work it out there if at all possible, I tried that ,but the bitch went and hired the biggest prick lawyer in the Inland Empire and between us we paid about $150k in legal fees. The lawyers and the judges don't give a fuck about you. The only reason my case finally ended after almost 3 years was I quit paying everybody. Somehow it was miraculously settled the next time we went to court.
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The narrative changed all of a sudden, he's entitled to his half plus some.So here's what he has
House in Riverside- in escrow, closes Dec 1st... ( her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in Havasu... ( on her name only, they bought it 2 yrs ago )
House in OC- bought in 1998 ( his name only)
Business - her name only ( since 2016 )
They both work at the business
I don't think he cares if she gets half, he's going to be happier he said , when she's gone
Kids all grown up, over 21
His ex is a bitch, fat and ugly
Wants to win every argument,
My moms lawyer told her not to leave the house. My moms second husband was told the same.
This^^^^ Try to avoid a lawyer if possible. The end result is going to be the same essentially anyway. Half of all assets and possessions and enough alimony likely for life to basically bring you both to the same income level. Give up $50 or $100K in assets/possessions to try to get her to settle instead of hiring a lawyer. It will be money better spent in the long run and a quicker end to a miserable situation.
Doesnt matter, its called a forensic accountant.
I got out of alimony after paying it for the same length of the marriage, 14 years. Reason being, my ex did not make any efforts in those 14 years to "become self-sustaining". She just sat on the couch, ate more food and then waddled her fat ass out to the mailbox for 14 years. $1.4 million over 14 years and she doesnt have a dime of it today. In hindsight I should have just had her killed, would have saved me a ton of money and aggrivation.
Yep.
Correct, it's called imputing income. Income is "imputed" based on your earnings potential using historical actuals, not your actual earnings today or tomorrow. You cannot get out of paying alimony for being underemployed........ on the flip side, her income should also be imputed. Meaning, even if she is underemployed today, her earnings potential may be much higher, and should be the basis for the alimony calculation vs todays lower number.
Yup. When I divorced after 30 years we had a little over a mil in net worth to split up Got married with a net worth of about 15 bucks between the two of us. Spilt it up ourselves. Only thing we argued about were the tools. She said she wanted to be paid for half (about 30K worth). I told her that we would instead go out to the garage, split them up and she could take half of them to her new apartment in Santa Monica. She looked at me and said never mind. Pain an attorney 1800 bucks to write up and file the agreement. Done.
Agreed, those that say "Cheaper to keep her" have never been in a bad marriage!
all depends how much you want to pay for that research. The forensic accountant makes almost as much as the attorney. Its a losing battle unless there is millions involved.
Let her win this one.Wants to win every argument,
She requested it, I paid for it, Merica.
Yes, CA, it was $8600 a month, and it was lifetime but CA law has a clause that the recipient must make efforts over time to become self sufficient. After I paid for the length of the marriage, 13 years we gave it a shot and filed. She didnt even show up to court, she had moved to Florida where it was much cheaper to live since she was "struggling" with the $8600. No show really pissed off the judge, who we had chosen, she was a hard working powerful woman who was not a big fan of entitled women. She says asks where is your client, guy says she had a conflict she couldnt change. My attorney presents the airline ticket receipts that I paid for to have our kids go visit her in Florida, she took them on a cruise. It was awesome, judge goes off on her her attorney, starts going on and on how I am the poster child for a divorced dad, never late on payment, bought the kids cars, paid for their college, nothing I had to to. She says I am ruling. Dropped it to $3000 a month for two years and then done. Attorney flips out, makes a big scene. Judge says, one more word and I will end spousal support right now. It was awesome, i was kicking my attorney under the desk when all the shit was going down.
