My guess is that you would have not had that much money as a single parent with 3 kids. Would you have had this much success if you had to leave every day at 5 pm to pick up kids, take numerous unplanned sick days, work shorter hours in summer, etc?
Your wife staying home contributed to you being able to make that much money.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely.

Half the assets, but no alimony.

I’d rather pay alimony - 5k a month or something - than give her 5 million dollars!!!!

She did nothing to earn this money.

Anonymous wrote:If you’re not in a community property state, it’s very unlikely she’ll get 50% anyway. Those states do take into account who made the money and they don’t reward layabouts.

She might not get anything.

Bullshit. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

It doesn’t really matter what’s fair to you, all that matters is the laws in your jurisdiction and anything enforceable you signed along the way.

I mean you probably hate each other in at least one direction right? That’s why you’re getting divorced. So probably fairness is off the table already.

Who cares what you think is fair? Let the judge sort it out. You definitely benefitted from her unpaid labor.

Absolutely.

Half the assets, but no alimony.

I suspect if she had left the family and the dad became a single father raising those kids, he would not have had the time to devote to his career to make that much money.

Marriage is a partnership, yes, she should get 50% of money earned during the marriage.

You don’t get to decide how much she gets. The court does.

If you’re not in a community property state, it’s very unlikely she’ll get 50% anyway. Those states do take into account who made the money and they don’t reward layabouts.

She might not get anything.

5 million is still plenty to start over and be happy with someone else.

She should get 100k as seed money to start over and see what she can do with it.

Definitely not millions for being lazy and sitting on her ass for 17 years.

She has worked, she just hasn’t worked for pay. What would your life have been like if she hadn’t been doing the childrearing and household management?

A guy with that much money should know how to hide it.

Of course it's fair.

Do you think this is fair in cases where the husband made all the money and the wife stayed home with the kids? Net worth of around 10 million, 3 kids who are grown or teens, 20 year marriage.

Wife is fighting for a 50% split plus alimony. Hasn’t worked in over 17 years.

She’s not getting alimony but I don’t think she should get 50% of the money. Maybe 10-20% so she is not destitute but even that is generous.