She called the police and reported this as property damage."
Here’s what folks shared in the threads:
1.
“Divorce lawyer here.
The wife had been out of the house for weeks.
It was -10 degrees.
He came back five days later.
The house was ruined.
The water froze and cracked the foundation.”
u/Slagathar1
2.
I learned later the guy married the old girlfriend THE SAME DAY the divorce was finalized."
u/SquirrelMcPants
3.
“I am no longer practicing but used to practice in a small firm.
We represented the wife in a divorce against her husband, a prominent businessman.
Parking spaces were moved to the furthest spots.
The elevator would randomly be down for maintenance (our offices were located on the top floor).
The cleaning schedule and crews would sporadically change.
u/bryantpark6688
4. u/Much_Difference
5.
This couple was breaking up, and Mister left the house.
Missus went to work the next morning as usual.
She didn’t expect that he also had Gorilla-glued her belongings together.
She called the police and reported this as property damage.”
I’ve seen people do and say really awful things to each other, but that was diabolical."
u/Maxwyfe
6.
My mother gave it to us!'
‘But she GAVE it to BOTH of us!’
u/tuna_tofu
7.
The client had an inner ear condition that caused chronic vertigo, but symptoms could be treated with medication.
He would hide her meds until she got dizzy and then try various methods of exorcism.
he would recite the Lord’s Prayer or Psalms)."
Note: This guy was an executive, and they still went out to dinner after the stairs incident.
She asked for the divorce at an Applebee’s that night.
u/queenqueg789
8.
When the glue didn’t work, she just cut them all up.
When he bought new ones, she filed for divorce."
u/amazinglymorgan
9.
It was a whole big incident."
u/PompeiiDomum
10.
The court has said, ‘Can’t you just use the money to buy chickens?’
He has remained steadfast that he will not accept money, only chickens."
u/hypertensivedoe
11.
When the dad died, we represented the son in getting his father’s money back.
u/gingers-naps
12.“Paralegal.
A couple got divorced over a cat.
u/sxcamaro
13.
The only thing that is consistently true is that it’s NEVER for just one reason or one-sided.
I say this not to scare them but to put their mind at ease that I’ve seen worse.
u/CrimsonYllek
14.
“I’ve had a lot of younger male potential clients come in for divorce consults with their mother.
I politely informed her that’s not how divorces worked.”
u/Elle_Woods
15.
Let’s just say it did not go well for her.”
u/Freevoulous
16.
“I am a paralegal for a divorce lawyer.
u/cannabisandcrabs
17. u/the_falconator
18.
“I worked in family courts when I was first starting out.
The most memorable case I saw was the woman who took literally everything out of the house.
She ripped out the carpets, even.”
u/btchsslutsswhore
19.
“She was a loud chewer at the dinner table.
He developed a complex and literally needed out, as he couldn’t bear to eat with her.”
u/TISM_riverphoenix
20.
“I used to work as a file clerk for a divorce attorney.
How was he being dangerously neglectful?
By serving spaghetti (instead of turkey) for Thanksgiving.
I wish I were making this up.”
u/marierosa
21.
There are so many wild divorces, which will bring out the absolute worst in couples.
A couple did their will with our firm.
They were mid-70s to early 80s.
They’d been married for 40 years in total; they had divorced and remarried once.
He wanted to have us make a secret will and a fake will.
He copied his wife on the email that had all of this information disclosed in it.
Two weeks later, he called us and said he wanted to file for divorce instead.”
u/PetiteChaos
22.
Nothing else, just the mower.
She quickly agreed, and that was that."
u/carlieweasley
23.
“I didn’t handle the divorce; I handled parts of the aftermath.
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.”
u/Flintoid
24.
Queue my ‘Is this real life?’
I only did a few more family law cases before running for the hills."
u/YotalamYourDriver
25. u/apolloxer
26.
“Not a lawyer, but I was a legal intern for a divorce attorney a few years back.
u/walnut100
27.
“I am not a lawyer, but I am a court clerk.
u/AudioBugg
28.
“My ex-husband is a divorce lawyer.
u/mlismom
29.
The wife responded by marrying his brother.
Holidays must have been fun.”
u/overgme
30.
“I’m a paralegal for a divorce lawyer.
u/Bandofmonkeys
31.
The husband was still living in the marital home.
She proved to be a difficult client, and I didn’t look forward to representing her.
One day, I got an email from her.
of his case, take photos of all said correspondence, and send it to me.”
u/nkg1010
32.
“Her usage of the K cups.
Mediation almost fell through over who would take the remaining K cups.
$200 later, I got rid of a ridiculous client.”
u/ThunderUp007
33.
“My divorce lawyer told me her most ridiculous case involved two years of litigation over a LEGO collection.
u/liand22
34.And: “He said she was trying to put a curse on him or something.
u/3rdlittlepig
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