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divorcees, how long were you with your spouse before a divorce was decided?

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Originally posted by: crt1530
No fault divorce does not mean that you have to split your assets 50/50. If you had a higher income and she committed adultery, any decent lawyer should have got you more than fifty percent.
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Read the laws and do the lawyer cost analysis then come back and post that you were wrong. It won't be 50/50 to the penny in some cases, but the NE laws state that it should be an equitable distribution as close to 50/50 as possible. There are exceptions (inheritance, property owned prior to the marriage, etc). But find me a good divorce lawyer that can go to court to gain an uneqitable distribution in court in an equitale distribution state for less than $11,000.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: crt1530
No fault divorce does not mean that you have to split your assets 50/50. If you had a higher income and she committed adultery, any decent lawyer should have got you more than fifty percent.
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Read the laws and do the lawyer cost analysis then come back and post that you were wrong. It won't be 50/50 to the penny in some cases, but the NE laws state that it should be an equitable distribution as close to 50/50 as possible. There are exceptions (inheritance, property owned prior to the marriage, etc). But find me a good divorce lawyer that can go to court to gain an uneqitable distribution in court in an equitale distribution state for less than $11,000.
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Does equitable distribution mean that all marital assets get evenly split?
No, equitable does not mean equal. Marital property must be distributed equitably between the parties, considering the circumstances of the case and of the respective parties.

The bolded portion of your post is the crux of the matter. You have to be willing to spend to put a hurt on a spouse who has wronged you. I bet if you'd spent another $21,000 you could have avoided the $21,000 in equalization payments and alimony and it would have been much more satsifying.
 
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