(December 18, 2017 at 10:39 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: And in that regard, I echo what others have said. If you decide to play offside before divorce, you will get destroyed in court.
Why would people go to court for a divorce?
Is that a murrican thing?
I think, around here, it only makes it to court if both parties don't agree on some specifics on what's to be split up.
But that separation of goods is generally understood pretty much from the moment you get married.
There are 3 (actually 4) possibilities when you get married:
- communion of acquired goods > (the normal case) where whatever each one owned, prior to the marriage, remains that person's sole property; and whatever is acquired during the union belongs to both and needs to be cut in half upon divorce.
- full communion > Where everything both parties already own turn into shared ownership and everything gets cut in half in case of a divorce.
- No communion > There is no shared ownership of anything... nothing to cut up in case of divorce.
-- On top of these, there are variations that can be introduced and fall under the umbrella of what you'd call a prenuptial agreement.
Of course people can still disagree on the specifics (like on how to break in half the couple's largest shared possession, their home), but things are pretty well defined coming in... For the most part, I see no need for a court, much less attorney fees.... much less to getting destroyed... what does that even mean?
@Kosh, from what I understand, there are regional variations on the best way to handle these things. Where are you from?
