Chapter 23 - The divorce trial starts
Most property settled.
Still disputed:
Attorney fees.
Dissipation.
Cobalt Ridge valuation.
Treatment of my separate-account legal costs.
Parenting long-term.
Then adultery expenses.
$11,840.
Ryan agreed that amount should be charged against his marital share as dissipation.
No fight.
Then Cobalt document defense legal fees paid from marital funds before separation:
$24,000.
Could I charge all to him?
Court found primarily his separate misconduct-related obligation after date controversy? Some might be marital until separation. We negotiated:
$18,000 credit to me.
Then my legal fees:
High.
Brothers did not pay.
I used my separate funds partly.
Could court order Ryan contribution?
Maybe due economic disparity not huge.
My income:
I worked as director of strategic partnerships at a healthcare software company, $138k.
Ryan pre-crisis earning:
$176k salary plus consulting.
Post-job loss income uncertain.
Court ordered each bear own divorce fees except specific discovery sanctions? Did Ryan hide docs? He ultimately produced after orders. No sanctions.
Good.
Then Cobalt Ridge valuation neutral:
$168k.
Carter Strategic:
$92k.
Ryan kept both.
I received:
Additional cash/retirement offset.
Then marital brokerage.
Current value:
$528k.
Divided after credits.
Then rental sale proceeds.
Net $287k.
Divided.
Then separate inheritance.
$2.4m remained separate, plus appreciation partly separate under tracing subject state rules. We need avoid deep law. Parties stipulated classification after accountant.
Then mansion occupancy.
I remained.
Ryan no right after divorce because trust.
No financial destruction.
Then Cobalt investors’ civil case.
They alleged Ryan breached warranties and caused lost deal costs.
Settlement discussions ongoing.
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Not my case.
No need resolve entirely? But Ch26 needs Ryan's consequences. Could settle modestly.
