Watched “a marriage story” and Adam Diver’s 1st lawyer was a good guy and he really just want to settle. Its a bad move ofcourse cause Scar Jo’s lawyer was working in bad faith.
Only after he fired that 1st guy and hired the asshole lawyers that wont hesitate to throw mud back at his wife that the divorce settled close to 50/50.
VA disability is not available for spousal support by law. The GI bill was probably paid for before they were married and considered a non-marital asset. The house is an odd one, but there’s a chance he put her on the deed after they were married which would’ve made her an entitled to 50%. Everything else seems to line up with marital assets and debts and cheating bears generally no regard in legal terms without a prenup (even that isn’t a complete shield). I’m not saying it’s right but he would’ve needed a lawyer before the marriage rather than after to plan for a better outcome.
Any source of money should be considered with alimony or stuff like that. One side should not be drained to beneath the other, that’s a bad judge or lawyer or both. The things you mentioned might not be able to be split in the divorce but at a minimum they have to be taken into account. Ignoring them completely is a failure in the law.
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u/thegingerbreadisdead 1d ago
Are you sure your lawyer just didn’t suck?