Chapter 22 - The divorce numbers
Our divorce mediation happened the same month.
The corporate termination made emotions worse.
The prenup made law simpler.
House:
Mine before marriage.
Vivian moved permanently.
Vacation condo:
Marital.
Sold for $1.34 million.
Mortgage/costs left:
About $620,000 net equity.
Split per prenup adjustment:
55% me, 45% Vivian because of documented separate contributions? Could be. Keep simpler: equal after contributions credited.
Joint brokerage:
$840,000.
Separate accounts retained individually.
Retirement:
Each kept premarital; marital contributions equalized.
No spousal support due similar high incomes/assets and prenup waiver upheld.
Then her company shares.
Not divided through divorce because individually acquired under employment/stock agreements and addressed by prenup.
My founder shares remained mine.
No second attack route.
Then one dispute:
Vivian claimed I had intentionally delayed a company distribution to reduce her cash during divorce.
False.
Board had postponed distributions to all shareholders because Marwick closing increased leverage.
Records proved.
Her lawyer withdrew.
Then my own accusation.
I believed she had used joint money to pay Madeline’s promised dance tuition.
She had not.
No payment occurred.
I withdrew accusation.
That mattered.
Angry divorcing people can become smaller versions of the stories they condemn.
Evidence first.
Then settlement signed.
No open marital property fight.
Vivian kept her wealth.
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I kept mine.
The marriage ended because trust was gone, not because a judge transferred a company.
