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Divorce...
What is up with divorce in California?
A good friend of mine is getting divorced. His wife filed. I'm pretty sure the little princess got tired of her man's 80 hour work week. Anyway.... Rob and Tanya married 11 years ago. She was a beautiful curvaceous but vacuous blond. Rob is the hard working son of Mexican immigrants who built a small business valued at $14 million during the marriage. Rob built his business on service. He's rarely home. Not the best husband, but not abusive or mean, either. Tanya has never worked, cleaned the house or cooked. They had a nanny for the 2 kids. Tanya filled her days with tennis lessons, lunches with the girls and basically "living the dream." Tanya was not a great wife, but she wasn't mean or evil. Tanya decides she needs more from life than an absentee husband with a big paycheck. She files for divorce... Preliminary damages; He owes her $7 million. He pays $20,000/month alimony for life plus child support. Somebody help me make sense of this. (P.S. If my wife is reading this, I LOVE YOU!  )
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The sex better be pretty damn good out there in CA to warrant that kind of a payday.
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Hey, you dumbasses all keep getting married. I mean seriously, these are self inflicted wounds.
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I hope there aren't any children involved...beyond the fiscal pain, they bear the brunt.
Marry well, my friends, and tend to the ones you love. Every divorce tells a story.
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My daughter divorced her first hubby in California. She had to pay...because she made the money.
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"Preliminary damages; He owes her $7 million. He pays $20,000/month alimony for life plus child support."
Does he pay her 7 mil + the 20G's per month or is the 7 mil the potential life disbursement? It's still crazy! |
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It's the American way!
Damn. $20k a month will buy a lot of prescriptions and Chardonnay. Your friend Rob will find a truly fantastic woman soon enough. Tanya? Slightly less likely.
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No, it doesn't make sense and never will. the community property laws are a little "one size fits all" to work well in situations like this. They assume she did her part by raising the kids. No nanny provision.
10 to 1 she's found another interest. Poor bastard will really hit bottom when that surfaces. Obviously, he has a problem with the 7 mil. He could offer the judge that he will hand over 49% of the shares and continue, or he could sell and start over. I'd sell, even at a loss, give her what she wants and take off. The other half of that fortune will buy a lot of companionship. Oh, and down the line, I'd take the b!tch back to court after the PI he hires paints a real grim picture and fight that 20K for life. None of these deals lasts for life. The child support IS his responsibility. She better use it wisely or lose it. Worse case is that he pays until each is 18 YO, which isn't a bad thing. Also, what really doesn't add up is the alimony AND the settlement. One or the other in my book. |
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Can you introduce me to her?
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It's the "in" thing to do now.
People think I'm weird because my wife and I are happily married for 10+ years now. I've actually had someone ask me, "so aren't you going to get divorced anytime soon?"
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Pre-nuptial agreement.
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I can't explain the rationale behind this specific case but I can tell you from personal experience that in California a marriage over ten years long is subject to different rules. It is considered a "marriage of long duration". Potentially, the person in the superior financial position COULD be made to pay spousal support for the REST OF HIS (or her, yeah...right!) LIFE! Yup, incredible! If the marriage is shorter than ten years, then half the term of the marriage is usually the rule. Now, I guess it may be able to be negotiated away with a large settlement (I'll ask my newly minted lawyer daughter) but that MAY be the reason for the large cash payout.
As for child support? The children have to be supported in a manner consistent with the manner they would have been supported in had their parents stayed together. At least that is my understanding of it. I was married 20 years. Divorced about 9 years ago and have been in a live in relationship for many of those last years. We are not married and will not get married. Fortunately, neither of us wants it. Without children, I personally see no reason for it. Before anyone posts it, that old chestnut about "commitment". That's a crock. How much commitment do you think I THOUGHT I had, married to a woman for 20 years, two kids, a life time of memories, etc, etc? Marriage guarantees you NOTHING except attorney fees if it ever goes bad. EDIT: P.S. to Milt. My ex, childhood sweetheart, "love of my life", was remarried in less than one year after our divorce was final. To someone she knew through work. The math doesn't seem all that hard to me. Yeah, still kinda smarts. I'll never forget that lesson. Its burned into my azz like a brand.
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I take exception to the implication in the above post that children has anything to do with marriage.
For me, marriage is about love, not children.
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There is no reason for marriage even if there are kids. Do I need the state to acknowledge my love for a woman?
Erm, no. Engagement, for me the road ends there. 
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She's crazy. With that kind of $$ how bad can it be? He's never there anyway..it can't be that they dont get along.
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