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Let’s face it, marriage is hard work and there are always bumps along the way. Sometimes, a couple knows that their issues are too big to overcome and decides that a permanent split is the best move for both of them. But if there’s one thing we know about divorce—it can get really messy.

So it’s no surprise that when user DarkFander14 asked divorce lawyers to share the most insane ways spouses have tried to screw each other over, they rolled up their sleeves. More than 12.6K comments flooded in, anonymously revealing the pettiest and wildest things partners did to mess with or take advantage of one another.

From trying to get half of the house just to demolish it to spending $100,000 fighting over an ashtray, Bored Panda has collected the cream of the crop from this viral thread. Continue scrolling, judge them for yourself, and be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts!

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce This one hits close to home because it happened between my parents. We had a family “friend” who was a lawyer and my parents agreed that he would be the lawyer for both of them as a mediator. So, as the assets were being divided my dad got absolutely slammed. She was going to get the house, cars, half his retirement, and an insane amount of alimony. To the tune of like $2,500 a month for the rest of her life. My dad has a good job as a municipal employee, but that was probably 70%ish of his paycheck.

Turns out that my mom and the “family friend” actually conspired to rip my dad off and make it seem like that’s what a divorce settlement looks like. And she was going kick back more money under the table after the dust had settled. Dad just didn’t know how these things worked. So, after some convincing he finally went out and got his own lawyer. He got a very fair divorce settlement after that.

Mom still to this day can’t understand why we don’t talk to her much.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

McFeely_Smackup , EKATERINA BOLOVTS Report

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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!'

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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.

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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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with the jurors. Finally someone who wants to put down the idiots and not the innocent pet.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah, sadly even with evidence it's still not a sure thing that a woman would lose custody after using her children as pawns!

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Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Parents who use their kids as weapons don't deserve to be parents.

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Caroline Nagel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This just goes to show that no woman is the incarnation of the holy virgin Mary. Women can be as vile as men.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When pushed we can be MUCH worse, just many of us have a VERY long fuse.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

B!tch using and abusing children to get back at her (ex)husband.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great! that text would be a great character witness against her if they fight over custody

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't imagine why he didn't want to stay married to her. Sounds like such a responsible, mature woman.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Show that VM to a judge, and that's how you get custody, and the house.

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Suzi Q
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's making it so much easier to convince the kids to live with Dad!

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Kona Pake
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously, she didn’t want the children, just the house.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't ever do this. Don't turn your kids against the opposite parent in messed up hopes that they will side with you, because the kids will find out and trust me they will hate you for it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope that voice mail was used in court to get full custody and a restraining order

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

soooo she was going to abuse kids or treat them poorly because she wants him out woooowwwwwwww just f*****g wowand i thought my mom was dumb for marrying someone that choked her to near death

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Horrible. Again these people bringing their children in are sick

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zims
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Forget custody, if you have her on tape threatening child abuse you can get her jailed as soon as she lays a finger on them

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And daddy hopefully sent said VM to lawyer and got CPS involved and mommy got a record as well as nothing in the divorce

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad when grown adults cannot act like grown responsible adults, especially when they infect children...that is a lifetime of pain for those kids.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea, victimize everyone. She deserves nothing

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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. 

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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

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“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.  

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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!

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wasn’t there a record of the furniture she’d get in the arbitration? So petty.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce The couple wanted everything split right down the middle, right down to the block of cheese in the fridge.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People in a divorce can really lose sight of their priorities, it seems. At least, what their priorities should be.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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Lawyers Share 30 Petty And Intense Stories Of People Destroying Each Other During Divorce 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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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