Random Divorce Lawyers Share Most Insane Ways Spouses Tried To Hurt Each Other (18 items)

• (#12) Win By A Hare

  Posted by Redditor /u/Much_Difference:

  My divorce lawyer told me about a case she was involved in where both clients were so petty that they had to all meet to argue over literally every single scrap of everything. The final object that neither would settle on was a ceramic rabbit statue, a really generic one from Home Depot or whatever. Zero sentimental value, but since it was the final item, neither side wanted to "lose" the last thing and they dragged it out over three separate meetings for this one thing.

  I don't remember which ended up getting it, but once they settled it and signed everything, the "winning" party stuck it on their lawyer's desk as a gift and walked out.
• (#11) The Aftermath

  Posted by Redditor /u/Flintoid:

  I didn't handle the divorce; I handled parts of the aftermath. In the divorce, she went AWOL, was living in a truck somewhere, and just couldn't handle it mentally.

  He gave her five of his nine companies.

  They were the ones that owed seven figures in payroll taxes.

  He had made her the bookkeeper on paper.

  She spent decades trying to shake the IRS for the results.
• (#9) Fire Sale

  Posted by a Redditor:

  The couple separated 10 years ago but didn't officially divorce until a couple years ago.

  She was going to get his house so he burnt it down, then faxed her the transfer of ownership forms.
• (#5) The Guy That Tried To Stick Together

  Posted by Redditor /u/Maxwyfe:

  I work for a divorce attorney now but the craziest thing came to my attention when I worked for the prosecuting attorney.

  This couple was breaking up and the mister left the house. The missus went to work the next morning as usual. When she returned home in the evening she found mister had been to the house and removed his clothing and belongings as she expected.

  What she didn't expect was that he had also Gorilla Glued her belongings together. He glued the TV remote to the table, the phone to its cradle, the couch pillows to the couch, and even glued the vacuum cleaner to the carpet. She called the police and reported this as property damage. The police went with her through the house documenting dozens of items glued to various things, but for days she was discovering random things and she would call to amend or update her report. "My good oven mitts were glued to the wall" or "He glued the eff-ing sheets together in the linen closet!"

  I've seen people do and say really awful things to each other, but that was diabolical.
• (#7) Dark Side Of Magic

  Posted by Redditor /u/SoggyShake3:

  The husband gave the wife everything material (house, cars, etc.) in the divorce except his Magic the Gathering collection. When he went to collect it he found his wife had broken the seal on his MTG Alpha starter deck. This was worth about 20k USD at the time and currently for sale on various sites for around 50k.

  For context, as soon as you break the seal the deck becomes worthless and unless you get some of the insanely priced cards (like Black Lotus), you will lose a significant amount of money.

  So, she literally got all the assets they accrued over the marriage and killed the only thing of value this guy got out of total spite.
• (#17) Quitting Time

  Posted by Redditor /u/the_falconator:

  I knew a guy that got out of the military at 19 years so his ex wouldn't get half his pension. He would rather get nothing than give half the pension to his ex if he stayed in one more year.

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