My response is that what I am hearing is an emotional reaction, what we have here is a business deal. I am not going to ignore the fact that you are emotionally involved, but my job as your lawyer is to keep you focused on the business at hand. I ve got to tell you, there are no angels or devils in a divorce. Each party is contributing whether they admit it or not. Men are bad about being rejected.
Men are more vindictive, truly.
I ve just seen that in the last five years. And I think it s born of the fact that more women are working and feel independent and don t stay in marriages they consider abusive or unsatisfying. Fault is not a factor to be considered in division of property. Fault only comes into play in grounds for divorce and on the issue of alimony and perhaps custody if it s an abusive situation. I ve maybe tried three cases in the last ten years where the division of property was extremely weighted in favor of my client.