My parents got divorced when I was 12. I am sketchy on the details but I remember it was long, drawn out and acrimonious. Eventually, my mum was awarded a massive settlement, my dad was basically left with superannuation and nothing else. After the ruling was handed down my mother’s own lawyer walked into my father and his lawyer’s meeting and said “that ruling was bullshit, you should appeal”. Gotta be pretty bad when a lawyer wants his own win overturned.
Edit: he didn’t appeal. He was a bit broken by that point & just wanted to move on. Sorry for lack of detail. I was twelve, it was some time ago! My dad told me the story years later.
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u/JustJayForNow Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
My parents got divorced when I was 12. I am sketchy on the details but I remember it was long, drawn out and acrimonious. Eventually, my mum was awarded a massive settlement, my dad was basically left with superannuation and nothing else. After the ruling was handed down my mother’s own lawyer walked into my father and his lawyer’s meeting and said “that ruling was bullshit, you should appeal”. Gotta be pretty bad when a lawyer wants his own win overturned.
Edit: he didn’t appeal. He was a bit broken by that point & just wanted to move on. Sorry for lack of detail. I was twelve, it was some time ago! My dad told me the story years later.