Contested divorce - fake post nup

[Anonymous]

No joint accounts. And idk if parents paid it or if he did himself. He was very shady and didn’t believe in joint accounts. Will need to subpoena banks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No joint accounts. And idk if parents paid it or if he did himself. He was very shady and didn’t believe in joint accounts. Will need to subpoena banks

Hmm. Well VA is not a community property state so you’re unlikely to get half of the house profit. Especially if he had the larger income.

[Anonymous]

So what would I be entitled to? We made about the same, him making slightly more in the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what would I be entitled to? We made about the same, him making slightly more in the last few years.

Maybe some child support depending on the custody share, but no allimony and only 1/2 of the savings/assests during marriage but he's also entitled to half of yours during marriage. Your attorney should tell you this. Given it was a short marriage its hard to say.

[Anonymous]

Ok, he has a lot put away in 401K and retirement that has grown over the course of the marriage plus another condo bought during our marriage (title in his name, he put the down payment and paid mortgage), we lived there for 2 years. I have my savings too much less than his combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what would I be entitled to? We made about the same, him making slightly more in the last few years.

He will likely get back what he put into it. You mentioned you paid for renovations, you should be able to get that amount. Then what is leftover in profit can be split.

So he paid off the house, he immediately gets his 860k back. If you put say 100k in renovations in, you get that. Take out realty fees and closing costs from the 1.4M. You’re probably looking at around 250k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, he has a lot put away in 401K and retirement that has grown over the course of the marriage plus another condo bought during our marriage (title in his name, he put the down payment and paid mortgage), we lived there for 2 years. I have my savings too much less than his combined.

You won’t get the growth of his 401k from premarital assets. You’d just be looking at the growth/contributions during marriage. And he would be able to consider yours.

That condo likely is not able to be considered either if it was premarital assets that bought it.

[Anonymous]

250K total or my 50% share?

[Anonymous]

Thanks - this is very helpful. What type of documentation should we ask for to figure out what funds were put towards the house/condo? Prob have to subpoena since he’s not very compliant with discovery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:250K total or my 50% share?

Your portion. You likely will not get 50% of anything from this marriage. Your husband seemed to have an unlimited pool of money to buy real estate and invest. And you don’t know where that money came from?

[Anonymous]

He worked a consulting job + was extremely stingy so saved a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks - this is very helpful. What type of documentation should we ask for to figure out what funds were put towards the house/condo? Prob have to subpoena since he’s not very compliant with discovery.

Your attorney should know what to ask for. But you need to be objective here. Your husband had a lot of money to spend. How do you not know where that money came from? If it was his salary, and you made a similar amount, then you’re sitting on a stockpile of money. That he will be able to ask about and trying to take from.

[Anonymous]

How long were you married?

[Anonymous]

I had student loan debt to pay off for many years so didn’t save a ton.

[Anonymous]

Married 8 years