Marriage can be a beautiful thing. When it’s founded on love, mutual respect, and understanding, a couple can stay together for decades. But no matter how excited a bride and groom were when they tied the knot, if they decide that it’s time to separate, that’s when the claws really come out.
Attorneys on Reddit have been recalling the most toxic things they’ve ever seen spouses do during a divorce, so we’ve compiled a list of their worst stories below. If you’re single, these tales might remind you to be very particular about who you choose to marry. And if you are happily married, we hope this list reminds you to count your blessings!
#41
Also not a divorce lawyer, but my friend's husband really f****d her over. He kept telling her he believed she had postpartum depression after having their kid. Finally, she agreed to go seek help since he kept putting it in her head. After like 3 months of therapy/doctor's appointments, he took her records to his divorce lawyer and is currently fighting for full custody because she is unfit.
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#42
Obligatory not a divorce lawyer, but here you go.
My parents got divorced about 9 years ago, I was 9. After the economy got fucky, my dad, who owned his own business, could no longer afford my mom's extravagant shopping bills. Instead of having a talk like a normal person, he decided to stop paying the mortgage. The house was foreclosed upon years later without my mother's knowledge. Her credit was destroyed because her name was on the lease.
It was about this time that my dad removed all the money from their shared bank account, leaving $135. He said, "That should be enough for the two of you for a couple months."
My mom sold her wedding ring at a pawn shop so we could have Christmas and I wouldn't know anything was wrong. My parents got divorced, my dad took her to court for everything but in the end it ended up being a pretty fair divorce agreement. We were allowed to live in the house for two years before we had to leave.
My mom overstayed that by about a year, in an attempt to get me to finish middle school. That was when my dad broke into the house, stole stuff from us, changed the locks on the doors, and shut us out. We spent most of the night in the police station before they kicked my dad back out of the house and we walked in to find most of our things missing.
We went back to court and the judge told us we had until August 30th to move out (about a month). On the 20th, while I was sitting home alone (my mom was at work), my dad broke into the house and I hid under the bed as he ransacked the place. He found things that were rightfully ours, that we were planning to sell to afford a new place, and took them.
So, yeah. Not great.
My parents got divorced about 9 years ago, I was 9. After the economy got fucky, my dad, who owned his own business, could no longer afford my mom's extravagant shopping bills. Instead of having a talk like a normal person, he decided to stop paying the mortgage. The house was foreclosed upon years later without my mother's knowledge. Her credit was destroyed because her name was on the lease.
It was about this time that my dad removed all the money from their shared bank account, leaving $135. He said, "That should be enough for the two of you for a couple months."
My mom sold her wedding ring at a pawn shop so we could have Christmas and I wouldn't know anything was wrong. My parents got divorced, my dad took her to court for everything but in the end it ended up being a pretty fair divorce agreement. We were allowed to live in the house for two years before we had to leave.
My mom overstayed that by about a year, in an attempt to get me to finish middle school. That was when my dad broke into the house, stole stuff from us, changed the locks on the doors, and shut us out. We spent most of the night in the police station before they kicked my dad back out of the house and we walked in to find most of our things missing.
We went back to court and the judge told us we had until August 30th to move out (about a month). On the 20th, while I was sitting home alone (my mom was at work), my dad broke into the house and I hid under the bed as he ransacked the place. He found things that were rightfully ours, that we were planning to sell to afford a new place, and took them.
So, yeah. Not great.
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#43
Not a lawyer, but in the army you see some things.
- story 1: Friend went home to find his house empty. Had to get a hotel and stay with friends on leave. Soon he learns his wife got with some dude, moved to Vegas, and has his son staying with her in a flop house. Dude she left him for apparently sold d***s so there's that as well. And after she gave this dude my friends truck, and got his house taken, she still demanded child support l. All he wanted was his kid.
- Story 2. A closer friends wife emptied his bank account. As in, he went from 30k to negative a couple hundred. He had to fight the banks to get his money back and charge her for fraud since to them she was an authorized user. He had to do all this while in Iraq.
That's all I got. I mean, I know a few more but I don't think they are as bad as these two.
- story 1: Friend went home to find his house empty. Had to get a hotel and stay with friends on leave. Soon he learns his wife got with some dude, moved to Vegas, and has his son staying with her in a flop house. Dude she left him for apparently sold d***s so there's that as well. And after she gave this dude my friends truck, and got his house taken, she still demanded child support l. All he wanted was his kid.
- Story 2. A closer friends wife emptied his bank account. As in, he went from 30k to negative a couple hundred. He had to fight the banks to get his money back and charge her for fraud since to them she was an authorized user. He had to do all this while in Iraq.
That's all I got. I mean, I know a few more but I don't think they are as bad as these two.
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#44
IANAL, but I knew this dude who initiated a divorce from his wife (crazy as all hell). Problem was that she came from a very wealthy family. They basically kept dragging him into court for all sorts of nonsense until they bankrupted him. He eventually had to leave the country (he was a foreign national) to escape the situation.
Edit: I should note that his ex-wife died during all of this and her parents continued taking him to court.
Edit: I should note that his ex-wife died during all of this and her parents continued taking him to court.
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#45
The couple separated 10 years ago but didn't officially divorce until a couple years ago. She was going to get his house so he burnt it down then faxed her the transfer of ownership forms. He might be going to jail for arson though.
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#46
Not a lawyer, but a banker. Was told to transfer 2 million danish crowns to a swiss bank.
We couldnt allow that tho.
We couldnt allow that tho.
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#47
Can someone point me to the link where some company's shareholder knew the company would go down, and cheated on his wife on purpose so that the Family Court judge would force the company to release those shares/money to the man and his ex-wife?
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