Chapter 15 - The financial settlement reopens
My motion concerning Mike’s nondisclosure did not reopen our entire divorce.
That would have been excessive.
The court allowed targeted discovery into:
The undisclosed account.
Balances.
Transfers.
Whether material assets had been omitted from sworn disclosures.
Mike’s attorney stopped fighting after bank records were clear.
We negotiated.
The undisclosed $48,600 account balance was marital property subject to division under our prior structure.
There were also some undisclosed investment holdings purchased through that account.
Small.
About $17,000.
Transfers supporting Molly created a harder question.
I refused to demand reimbursement for ordinary child support he morally owed.
Rebecca said:
“You are allowed to distinguish.”
Good.
We pursued only clearly personal affair-related spending and disclosure consequences.
Hotel weekends.
Jewelry.
Trips.
Certain transfers unrelated to Molly’s actual needs.
Documented amount:
Around $21,400.
Not hundreds of thousands.
Final revised settlement:
Mike paid me an additional low-six-figure amount including my share of previously undisclosed assets, negotiated disputed spending, interest, and a contribution toward legal fees.
No mansion.
No bankruptcy.
No revenge windfall.
I put most into investments and Daniel’s education account.
May you like
Not because money repaired betrayal.
Because money should go somewhere boring after people make it dramatic.
