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CibbuanoDividing real estate in a divorce can tear a home apart - literally
October 16th 2008 23:07
A divorce is always a painful event to go through, and there's often conflict over the real estate.
Who gets what? Do we sell the house and run with the money? Or does one party stay in the house, while the other rents an apartment in the city with a younger lover?
There's no end of advice out there for prospective divorcees, with most legal firms advising their clients to stay calm and not get emotional.
"The house is an asset and therefore subject to division according to your state’s property division law. You will want to know what percentage of the house belongs to you and also whether the court would order the house conveyed to you or to your spouse. Since every state is different, we strongly encourage you to use our state directory to research the applicable law. Find your state. However, as you will see, practical considerations, not the law, often dictate 1) who gets the house, 2) the terms of the buyout, and 3) if the house is sold to a third party."
That's sensible - but boring. Where are the fireworks and the fury? The explosions of anger and rage?
Let me tell you - they do it crazier in Cambodia. A couple going through a divorce couldn't agree on who would get the house, so they sawed their home in half.
"Village chief Vorng Morn said that the pair did not separate over 'anything big' but niggling differences came to a head when the husband accused his wife of not caring for him when he became ill recently."
That's ground for divorce, actually. If your wife doesn't bring you chicken noodle soup when you've got the flu, what kind of wife is she? I mean, there she is, callously earning money to support the family and you've taken the day off work because of a sore bunion! Outrageous!
"'His wife said that if her husband got sick and stayed at home, she was always made to pay for his medicine,' said chief Morn."
Buy me Nyquil and Tylenol! Where's my ginseng pills!?
"The couple took the decision to saw the house in half after deciding that going to court to decide who got what would be too expensive.
The husband used a saw, a hammer and chisels and called in the help of friends to divide the house.
His wife's belongings were carefully moved from his side to the side of the home that she will now keep to ensure they were not damaged during the unusual division of property."
The husband used a saw, a hammer and chisels and called in the help of friends to divide the house.
His wife's belongings were carefully moved from his side to the side of the home that she will now keep to ensure they were not damaged during the unusual division of property."
At least they didn't have a stately manor made out of brick and stone.
I think the lesson to learn is: if you're thinking about getting a divorce - or, when you get married, you know you'll end up in divorce - try to get a reasonable house, one made out of straw and hay. That makes the splitting up so much easier to do, plus it should be almost completely impenetrable to marauding wolves.
(found on BoingBoing)
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