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Honestly, this thread scares the **** out of me. How do people get to this place? Are there no red flags?
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Here is the bit that I have a hard time understanding:
When two people are married, it's basically a contract. There are very specific laws and rules and stuff that define that contract, and the provisions of that contract as far as I can tell. Why, when people get divorced, is there so much left up to arbitration? Why is it more than black and white. Some formula you can plug into an excel spreadsheet and determine the outcome? Why is it necessary to have 10s of thousands of dollars of expert lawyers argue a case? Especially in the OPs scenario, reasonably young people with no kids splitting up? Sounds easy to me. Of course I understand it's not, but it seems like an unnecessary degree of legal bloat involved in what should be a reasonably simple process. The average American family can do their annual taxes on Turbotax and reasonably easily figure out what they owe the government and what the government owes them. They do it every year. I like to think of the government as my crazy x wife who demands a portion of my salary every year, but I accept the process. Why cant we just have a turbotax software for divorce and be done with it for $59.99??
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And how much money would the lawyers make, if it were that easy?
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That's not what $59.99 TurboTax does for you.
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Black and white sounds fine in theory, but often one spouse gives up career opportunities for family care or to advance the others career opportunities. Illness, disability etc all factor in. Even who pays the attorneys gets factored in at times. Mediation and agreement are a much better solution, but folks under stress often don't act like mature adults. |
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When my ex and I went our separate ways she took what was hers and I took what was mine, meaning she got most things!
There were no kids involved and we both acted like adults. No lawyers. Just filed the requisite paperwork and signed it. I didn’t get married for financial reasons and so my divorce didn’t involve any real exchange of money either. We are still friends today. What a concept. |
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Snip:Definitely not friends with my ex, but we are polite and respectful. Nearly all divorced couples have to deal with each other for the rest of their lives. I don't want those interactions to be stressful, especially for my daughter's sake. Anger and hate are cancers that will eat you up from the inside. Why subject yourself to those emotions if you can avoid it? Greg |
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