My brother's wife wants a divorce. And she doesn't want to give him his car back.

don't they have to split their assets?

this sucks :(

She's a cunt!

@makelikepaper: Well, I thought that they only have to split what they acquired after they were married... not what was his before...

I mean, the title is in his name. She can't just magically switch it...

@Corey: I kind of loved her, but she is starting to act cunt-ish.

@ashleigh i think he can if she hasn't started the divorce proceedings yet...because for all the courts know he didn't know he was getting the divorce and was simply returning the car to your mother

Also, I would suggest not trying to switch ownership of the car over. The courts look very down on men trying to hide assets and anything he thinks he's saving he'll lose twice as much.

the other ploy is having your mom talk to her because it is your moms car...you might be more likely to let your mom have the car

@beccah that all depends on what state you live in...here in texas it doesn't matter if you owned it prior to the marriage...it all gets split

@Namrok: Such a shame... and she up and left him... Isn't that some sort of abandonment situation?

@everlovingben: My mom was actually on her way to the in-laws house right now...

@ashleigh: Depends how much she's willing to lie and how good of a lawyer she can afford.

But I wouldn't expect much. She's already made her character clear by trying to keep a car which obviously isn't hers.

You can get into situations where one person can argue that a gift wasn't actually a gift, but rather an investment in the partner. Gifts can't be taken back. Investments can.

@corey: that's completely false. I was my own lawyer. He had a lawyer. I got the debt (all in my name) split 60/40 in my favour, I got my house both sold and that money put back into another house without him touching a dime, I have sole legal custody, joint physical custody, and tie breaking vote should we disagree on a parenting issue.

Lawyers are full of shit and cost entirely too much money.

@just beccah: You are also a woman. A lot depends on the judge/state, but by and large, women have an enormous advantage in family/divorce court.

This guy is going to need a lawyer.

@corey: my personal opinion - if you can't figure out what you can get for yourself, then you should prolly just be put to death.

@namrok: I think the woman is only favoured if there are children involved, or she can prove she was more housewifey than equal partner.

that bitch.

I wonder how many marriages where the dad is a stay-at-home-dad have had divorces, and how those have worked out.

@PT: I actually have neighbours who went through that - he was a STAHD with his first two kids, and got nearly everything in the divorce. She paid him both child support and alimony until he remarried. :P

Ah, when you said it was all in your name, I assumed it was yours.

She got the fake boobs while they were married. Does he get a boob?

@Beccah- That's interesting. :) So it's not really a man/woman thing as it is biased towards the more dependent spouse.

(...the dog that she took. In his car. When she left him. While he was at work.)

@PT: I think it prolly helped that she was "working late" which actually meant "fucking my boss"..

Whoever "breaks" the marriage, at least in GA, in my experience, is the one who gets screwed.

Yay for the bible belt!

Heh, yeah. That was the case in Missouri too, now that I think of it. We're the buckle of the bible belt.

And Branson is a Rhinestone in the buckle.

Must be a nice car...

@PT: Branson is skerry.

@Community Toy: No clue. Just a good way to get screwed over in the unavoidable divorce. But a lot of women will go "If we don't get married, we're over". And some guys just think "It can never happen to me" with regards to the whole ugly divorce thing.

@ash: Why is there such a hard on for the car ? You mentioned a house - I'd be more inclined to keep my place of residence and not have to pay out for it. I know this one couple who got divorced and he was a straight up abusive alcoholic, and couldn't prove he'd made payments for the house, yet he still went after it and she ended up having to refinance to pay him off (12k from a 140k value).
(fyi - she broke the marriage)

@CT/Namrok: PRENUP! PRENUP! PRENUP! That's assuming you have anything of value. :P

I've actually heard a LOT about prenups getting tossed aside or ignored by judges. Apparently the other party can claim they only signed it under duress. Or it can just be thrown out for being "unreasonable", which means whatever the judge might want it to mean. So yeah, a prenup isn't exactly the protection you'd hope.

Well don't make it unreasonable, and make sure they're not under duress (and video it).

@just beccah: I think the thing with the car will die down - like he will realize that it isn't a huge deal in comparison to everything else. It's just upsetting him right now because it was his before they were married (not to mention my mom's before that), and she/wife is basically saying "No, I don't want to give it back." Meanwhile he's like "I don't want to be getting a divorce, this sucks, so give me my fucking car."

He's still paying her cell phone bill too. And she cut off the cable when she left b/c it was in her name, didn't even tell him. That's just so shitty, right? "Surprise! I'm gone, the dog's gone, and you can't even flip through the cable channels to entertain yourself."

=( I'd certainly tell him to be cutting off anything he's paying for of hers... unless of course he can afford it and thinks there's some possibility for them getting back together.. but if not.. cut the bitch off.. :P

@just beccah: I originally said that too. I think he was either still hoping it would work out (meaning that she would come back), or that it cost a bit of money to cancel someone's cell phone... Not sure if that's accurate. I mean it's in his name but they are on the same plan/bill...

@beccah: methinks you're full of hot air.

Well the thing is, it's not a matter of "This line is for this person" its a matter of "You are on a plan, the plan has this many lines. How you use them is up to you." Cause you know, some people have a cell phone for work, and a cell phone for personal matters, or however they work it.

well, she's probably gonna get the car no matter what. . .isn't she??

the system really works!