Car Fights

One of the lesser joys of the domestic practice is presiding over fights over personal property. My professional low point came twenty years ago while with another firm.  My opponent that day was my current law partner David Rasner.  In one afternoon we thought we settled a break up of a short term marriage where the couple had made a small fortune on the sale of their house. We were down to the personal property when both parties decided they could not each part with a particular hand held vacuum cleaner.  That dispute almost killed a deal to divide almost $200,000 in gains on their home sale.

Equally galling are fights over cars; especially old cars without any real useful future.  Folks love to park them in front of their separated spouse’s house and throw the keys in the mailbox.  Even better, cancel the insurance since the car is not really drivable anyway.