Working woman in /r/legaladvice divorcing and is horrified that she has to give part-time-working ex-husband half her assets

guywithaccount · 2014-11-15T07:51:01+00:00

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kizzan · 2014-11-15T06:10:28+00:00

The sword cuts both ways.

sillymod · 2014-11-15T11:51:46+00:00

Why is it that some people can't seem to see what is wrong with the laws until it affects them?

"Alimony is a great thing when men pay it. OMG how unfair that a woman has to pay alimony!" seems to be a common thread lately.

Spektr44 · 2014-11-15T08:59:01+00:00

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slykethephoxenix · 2014-11-15T14:46:57+00:00

To be fair, I wouldn't want this happening to anyone. It's a shitty situation. On the other hand... equality.

2014-11-15T16:05:38+00:00

I love a good chuckle at seeing the tables getting turned as much as the next guy. But it's not right for us to go and brigade that thread. It's a 'np' link for a reason! Just look and read, then post comments in here, not over there.

CoccyxCracker · 2014-11-15T06:27:42+00:00

This is hilarious. Half the comments are telling her to suck it up.

TexasComments · 2014-11-15T12:25:32+00:00

/u/sherpederpisherp covered this in the linked thread.

Ontario lawyer here. I don't specialize in family law but I've helped on it in a few cases. The basic presumption is that it's a 50-50 split of the value of the assets (minus liabilities) gained over the course of the marriage. The starting date is the day you were married, the end date is when you separated (not when you divorce). Certain assets aren't counted, like gifts and inhereitances, but mostly everything is. This presumption of an even split can be rebutted, but it's a very high bar. Your spouse's behaviour has to be egregious--barely contributing to child raising or home-making, or spending all the family's money on drugs or gambling, or something similar. Note that it's a split of the value of assets. If you own $200k worth of stuff, and he owns $100k, you cut him a check worth $50k rather than handing over items until things are equal. The matrimonial home is trickier. Even if you owned it before marriage, you both have an equal share of it now. He can ask the court to force a sale of it and split the proceeds, but whether they will do that or not depends on a lot of fact-specific criteria (and commenting on those would step over the line between legal information and legal advice). Probably the biggest factor would be the children -- what age they are, who is their primary care-giver, do they have any special needs, etc.

bsutansalt · 2014-11-15T10:12:11+00:00

She's in Ontario. Does anyone familiar with their laws know how they compare to those in the US? I know in the US she'd most certainly be required to give up 50% of the household assets, including any savings, and probably be on the hook for alimony as well.

2014-11-16T08:38:17+00:00

I'd advise you to not shit on the woman, schadenfreude is misplaced here.

It's not her fault men largely got fucked over, and she doesn't deserve getting fucked over in this case neither...

eletheros · 2014-11-15T07:55:24+00:00

The idea that this woman is getting pissed off at a marital split of assets brings to me to tears.

Happy, joyous tears.

sean_robinson132 · 2014-11-15T12:39:50+00:00

Giggle!

MisterDamage · 2014-11-15T08:05:22+00:00

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baskandpurr · 2014-11-15T19:13:02+00:00

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thehumungus · 2014-11-15T08:57:16+00:00

This smells like bait to me. I don't think it's real.

That said, what's good (or bad) for the goose, is good (or bad) for the gander.

Title	Working woman in /r/legaladvice divorcing and is horrified that she has to give part-time-working ex-husband half her assets
Author	xNOM
Upvotes	172
Comments	65
Date	November 15, 2014 4:54 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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