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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you've been through hell and I personally think what is "fair" is for you to get almost it all - he will be able to replace it quickly and i imagine you spent tremendous time and energy trying to help him and deserve some security in your life when you walk away

but i'd probably accept 1/3 to be done with it.  a contentious battle could easily eat up more than that in legal fees. [/quote]

Fair isn’t really the issue. She gets half of assets accumulated during the short marriage. There’s no compensation for “stress” or whatever. Judge doesn’t care and a lawyer will tell you that. Nor does a judge care that he can make it back quickly in the future. The law doesn’t work this way and the sooner you understand that the better.

You get nothing of the $200,000 down payment on the condo except what you contributed to it. You said it was mostly from him. So if you put in $10,000 and he put in $190,000, that’s what you get. Plus 50/50 of any equity, should there be any after costs.

You get half of any savings accumulated during the marriage. If any of that $100,000 in savings was there before the marriage, back that out. 
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No she won’t get 1/2 of the saving unless she can show she contributed 1/2.[/quote]

No, that is a marital asset and will be split evenly. Unless some portion of that savings existed before they said “I do.”

The proportion of who contributed what DURING the marriage isn’t relevant. Those assets get divided 50/50 as they were a joint unit. [/quote]

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