RULE 1: LAWYER UP. Not a “lawyer friend” but a person who is specialized in divorce law AND you pay a fee for. Paying fee = Confidentiality kicks in!
Should I secretly retire or force my employer to fire me at age 50 while she continues to work full-time?
Yes. The sooner the better. NEVER lose the job within 1 year of handing the papers. The judge will see thru your little scam.
Would this eliminate or reduce my alimony obligations? If this would obligate her to pay me alimony, then I could use that for leverage to keep my pension (see below).
Likely not, unless you lose your job at least 2 years prior. The judge may compute not your last 5 minutes where you lost your job, but your “employability” or potential. In other words, the judge may guess that you can still find job, and charge you with alimony based on that mystical offer that may come.
How can I keep my pension untouched? I would be willing to give her the remaining house sale proceeds, our nicest car (about 15k value), and all furniture/electronics/appliances (estimate 20k value) in exchange for me keeping my entire pension. Our child could have the other car and of course the college savings. I would only want my clothes and cell phone.
You don’t give her S~~~. You don’t make side deals. LAWYER UP.
If you had to choose, would you prefer to keep the pension untouched or not pay alimony? I’m leaning towards a preference of paying alimony based on my hunch of her re-marrying someday. Living in another country, with a low cost of living, would also offset an alimony payment.
Respectfully, you don’t lean towards S~~~, because you have no say on the matter. In fact, prepare for losing both.
I have a fantasy of getting the divorce handled with a para-legal like my sister did a few years ago.
Your sister has vagina. You don’t. Ain’t gonna happen.
Some points:
– That money you are putting away, make sure it is different amounts in different months. A nice strategy is to buy something relatively expensive, for example something for the car, saving the bill. Then you return the item the next day, and there you go, free cash. If you really want to do it properly, “upgrade” you car to the max, then sell the car, then get divorce. Nobody will even be able to see that the upgrades were fakes. Just don’t overdoit.
I am not responsible for the following, but here it goes:
– I heard about a guy who got away scotch free, no alimony no nuthin. What he did was a bit complicated, but worked like a charm:
He used to go to a gym. There he befriended a younger guy, who happened to be broke, and offered him a large sum of money (mid six figures) for romancing and marrying his wife. The deal went something like this:
– 10% up front.
– 20% when he provided proof of them having sex.
– 20% after they got married.
– 40% after they have been married for 2 years.
She fell for the guy, and she was the one proposing divorce. She just wanted to be with Mr. Muscle. And 2 years to the day Mr. Muscle asked for a divorce. In fact, SHE had to pay him 1 year alimony for the 2 years of marriage, because he had no real job.
