β€œDivorce lawyer here. A spouse had been out of the house for weeks. She waited until he was on a business trip, came into the house, turned on all of the faucets, plugged the drains, turned off the furnace, and left. It was -10 degrees. He came back five days later. The house was ruined. The water froze and cracked the foundation.”

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"This was 20-ish years ago in Virginia. There was a procedural error in the adoption to such an extent that the adoption was invalid β€” similar to a marriage void ab initio."

"Dad died a few weeks after the hearing without ever getting to say goodbye to his son and without his son getting any sense of closure. Don't think the mom even let him have the FaceTime call with Dad. Can only hope that kid is doing alright and has gotten all the therapy."

"Then, after a court hearing, the wife finally won the ashtray. She promptly strode out to the white courthouse steps...and smashed the ceramic ashtray. Left the pieces all over for the husband to see on his way out. I decided that day I would not be a divorce lawyer."

"I don't remember who ended up getting it, but once they settled it and signed everything, the 'winning' party stuck it on their lawyer's desk as a gift and walked out."

"The kids are brainwashed against the estranged parent when they're young. Later, they often grow up to resent the accusing parent for poisoning their relationship with the estranged parent. Kids often grow up with a multitude of mental health issues. It's probably one of the worst things a person can do to their children...all to 'win' against their former spouse."

"The one wife admitted she was looking to sleep with the guy, but they only 'met for some kisses,' and she 'touched his penis a little bit' in hoping that would prove that she was still faithful since she couldn't go through with it. He filed for divorce anyway."

"One of my coworkers had a case where the ex was awarded the couple's dog in the divorce only to have it euthanized just so the other would suffer more. I don't care how bad your relationship is, there is no excuse for that. That pissed me off to hear about."

"It isn't that interesting, but what makes it funny is that this was my first family law case, and the opposing counsel was a very well-known and tough family law attorney. Prior to our hearing, the opposing counsel came in, and she literally demanded that we agree to her client's terms 'or else she (my client) would never see the kid again.' I offered that her client, the father, get weekends, etc. β€” standard visitation schedule. She declined, and her client failed the drug test administered after the hearing; my client passed. That's pretty minor, but it was a pretty cool win for a young attorney up against a big name. ... All for naught since the clients ended up back together a year and a half later. Imagine that."

"Mediator: 'She really wants that pitchfork. It was a gift from her daddy.' Husband: 'That...B*TCH! We bought it at Home Depot two years ago!'...etc. They settled at mediation after spending over $1,000 in attorney fees combined for the glasses and pitchfork. They remarried three months later."

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