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New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by awillen »

nickMMM wrote: post #11
awillen wrote: post #4

The issue with this seems to me to be that if you're having an amicable divorce, you don't need to spend a lot on lawyers anyway, so this doesn't really help. If you're having a contentious divorce, the other side's going to get a lawyer, so you need to get a lawyer too. There's some language on your site that suggests that this can help you understand how your various assets will be treated in a divorce, which could…

We want to target people who are amicable (to start with). Definitely not anyone who is contentious. Hoping to expand to contentious divorces in the future of course (and help people actually negotiate without a lawyer). I would love the system to give prompts to people on whether they're asking for too much or if they're in the ballpark. If you're amicable, there is still a lot of benefit in checking whether what yo…

Thanks for the reply - this all makes sense, though I might considering changing the way you message it a bit. If you pitch it as a tool to check whether what you've already agreed upon is fair, then you potentially cause conflict if your assessment says the agreement isn't fair. Rather, it might be better as a starting point - if you don't know how to divide your assets, this tool will tell you what the law would default to, and then you can adjust from there.

Just two cents from a random guy on the internet!

Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by ourmandave »

So many questions...

Is this ad supported with discount codes for services I'm probably going to need, like dating sites (get back out there champ!) or cheap single dad studio apartments?

Is there a premium version that ties into my calendar so I know what weekends I get the kids?

What about a recipes page to stretch the ramen noodles to several meals?

Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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ourmandave wrote: post #32

So many questions... Is this ad supported with discount codes for services I'm probably going to need, like dating sites (get back out there champ!) or cheap single dad studio apartments? Is there a premium version that ties into my calendar so I know what weekends I get the kids? What about a recipes page to stretch the ramen noodles to several meals?

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Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by teeray »

btilly wrote: post #29
endisneigh wrote: post #27

This is great - ideally it would evolve to a more generic mediation app. One thing surprising to some folks is that most people, including lawyers actually don't like litigation. Most things are settled out of court, and even more are mediated before a settlement. Helping people realize the cost ineffectiveness of litigation is honestly a good thing. Obviously for corporations and businesses the logic is different bu…

There is a simple reason it isn't cost effective. A split achieved with litigation is necessarily a split of the assets left after the cost of said litigation. Even a horribly unfair split without litigation often leaves you with more than "winning" litigation! The is tied to the old question, "Would you accept a million dollars knowing that your worst enemy will get 2 million?" If you're so inclined to cut off your…

My dad knew a contractor once who said “you get everything, but I keep my truck, tools, and the clothes on my back.” Years later, “everything” became practically nothing on his ex’s side, yet he had restored his former standard of living. She dragged him back to court for more and after the judge looked over the original settlement, he threw the case out.

Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by pvg »

AmericanChopper wrote: post #26
yreg wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Man, what are you on about. It's crystal clear what "I'm still happily married" means.

Quoted post unavailable.

If the typo or phrasing confused you, you can just ask without taking swipes and then doubling down on them.

Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by cato_the_elder »

XorNot wrote: post #28
Dracophoenix wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Divorce is a legal process for ending a civil marriage. It should be easy to accomplish for those interested in doing so. There's no point in instituting roadblocks for the sake of preserving a union, especially when its constituents despise each other.

More importantly it's not the state's business to override the desires of citizens to end a domestic partnership. For some reason Americans in particular who won't shut up about "my freedoms" completely forget about it when the opportunity to play relationship counselling at gunpoint comes up.

> More importantly it's not the state's business to override the desires of citizens to end a domestic partnership.

That's just the liberal view. There are alternatives.

> For some reason Americans in particular who won't shut up about "my freedoms" completely forget about it when the opportunity to play relationship counselling at gunpoint comes up.

Well, they also don't shut up about family values. You can value more than one thing.

Re: New divorce app to help couples split assets in New York without lawyers

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Post by tptacek »

Mandatum wrote: post #10

Why isn't this a Launch HN?

It's not a YC company. "Launch HN's" are one of a couple of perks reserved for YC companies. "Show HN's" are open to all comers, but only if you have an app people can play with right away (this is more of a landing page), and they're not ranked the same way normal posts are --- this post is doing great on its own, so their choice not to do a "Show HN" has paid off.
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