Chapter 23 - The divorce settlement
The divorce took sixteen months.
Not because Bellweather ownership was actually uncertain.
Because wealthy divorces produce enough smaller questions to keep professionals employed forever.
Final structure:
Bellweather Residential Holdings LLC remained my separate property.
Daniel received a negotiated reimbursement credit reflecting documented marital and personal contributions to certain improvements.
Not half the mansion.
Not zero.
The exact settlement amount was confidential, but materially below any ownership share he originally implied.
Daniel kept:
His development company.
His project interests.
His retirement accounts subject to negotiated marital adjustments.
His Porsche.
Several art pieces he purchased.
His grandmother’s family items.
I kept:
Bellweather.
My family trusts.
My separate investment entities.
My Range Rover lease rights.
My grandmother’s furniture.
We divided joint cash and household property.
No spousal support either direction.
Both financially independent.
The sapphire ring stayed with Evelyn because I had returned it.
The Bentley lease?
Bellweather LLC terminated it at expiration.
Evelyn bought a Lexus.
She survived.
The $10,000 monthly payments never resumed.
No legal settlement required them.
Daniel chose to send his mother some support later.
From his own money.
About $4,000 monthly according to something she eventually told me.
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That arrangement belonged to them.
As it should have from the beginning.
