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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 lazide »

nickMMM wrote: post #19
cafard wrote: post #15

In one of his books, Gerald Weinberg said that his sister decided that it was time to give up divorce work when one of her clients (or the client's adversary) produced a list of goods for partition including a partly used container of dish soap under the sink. And my brother (a lawyer) told me of an attorney in the Mountain West who gave up divorce work as too stressful and went on to defending clients on capital cha…

thank you - I hope so too. When people are separating and fighting over kids, that can get intense too. This tragic story has stuck me for a long time https://nypost.com/2021/11/26/texas-man-shoots-partners-ex-a... . If people understand their rights better, they can avoid taking things into their own hands.

In my experience, it’s less about knowledge and more about emotional regulation - lack of it is often why it happens, and why it is so hard to deal with overall.

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

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Post by cato_the_elder »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #23
cato_the_elder wrote: post #14

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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.

> There's no point in instituting roadblocks for the sake of preserving a union, especially when its constituents despise each other.

There is. To prevent ephemeral emotions from breaking the bond. Obviously, if the couple genuinely despise each other, there's no point in making them live together. But societal barriers to divorce serve a real purpose.

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Post by optimiz3 »

Separately, as advice to potential couples: get a pre-nup. Resolves any awkward beliefs about money up front. Discloses assets and liabilities so no financial skeletons in the closet. Establishes who has what before the nuptials and frankly fast forwards your relationship to see if it is strong enough to handle a "difficult" conversation and negotiation. Lets you establish what claims your spouse will have to your future earnings, and how you will resolve paying for joint assets.

Money is one of the top things couples inevitably have disagreements about and resolving this up front saves a lot of future angst.

Ounce of prevention is a pound of cure as they say.

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

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optimiz3 wrote: post #44

Separately, as advice to potential couples: get a pre-nup. Resolves any awkward beliefs about money up front. Discloses assets and liabilities so no financial skeletons in the closet. Establishes who has what before the nuptials and frankly fast forwards your relationship to see if it is strong enough to handle a "difficult" conversation and negotiation. Lets you establish what claims your spouse will have to your fu…

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

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Post by smugma »

nickMMM wrote: post #2

We just launched Resolvy. It helps anyone going through a divorce understand what portion of the assets they can keep, and what portion is to be divided with their spouse. Deals with child support and alimony too. Currently only works in New York. Free to use. Can save Anyone going through a divorce in New York on legal fees.

Free to use… what’s the business model? Where are you looking to expand?

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

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Post by sjtindell »

candiddevmike wrote: post #3
nickMMM wrote: post #2

We just launched Resolvy. It helps anyone going through a divorce understand what portion of the assets they can keep, and what portion is to be divided with their spouse. Deals with child support and alimony too. Currently only works in New York. Free to use. Can save Anyone going through a divorce in New York on legal fees.

Have you ever been through a divorce? Splitting assets equally is an after thought for most folks. They (or the one that filled) just want to get the thing over with, quickly, and a lawyer makes that happen.

This doesn’t sound right at all. The classic story is “he/she took me to the cleaners”, fighting over every possible asset, being forced to sell a house or property you don’t want to because the spouse demands half. I don’t know the frequency but it happens. My own parents fought hard over the house in particular and my mother ended up having to buy my father out at a huge loss to avoid selling it.

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Post by SoftTalker »

nickMMM wrote: post #7
candiddevmike wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever been through a divorce? Splitting assets equally is an after thought for most folks. They (or the one that filled) just want to get the thing over with, quickly, and a lawyer makes that happen.

I have not personally (still happily) married. My cofounder went through a divorce. He is a divorce lawyer (and his wife at the time a lawyer too). They divided everything smoothly - sounded like it was quite clinical and unemotional from what he told me. Say if you brought assets into the relationship, a house, retirement fund fund, an inheritance. I’m sure you don’t want your ex-partner to get half of that. You’re…

Maybe lawyers treat divorce like doctors treat dying. Just get it over with, no exceptional measures.

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

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Post by nr2x »

smugma wrote: post #47
nickMMM wrote: post #2

We just launched Resolvy. It helps anyone going through a divorce understand what portion of the assets they can keep, and what portion is to be divided with their spouse. Deals with child support and alimony too. Currently only works in New York. Free to use. Can save Anyone going through a divorce in New York on legal fees.

Free to use… what’s the business model? Where are you looking to expand?

Well somebody has to replace half their shit. Juicy demographic.
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