# So, $43 million is not enough divorce settlement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007 "2009-03-19T10:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/21 "2009-03-23T01:31:22Z")
He’s lucky he’s not in a community property state. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/22 "2009-03-23T01:56:40Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > If he is or was a CEO, he pretty much can name his own salary and bonuses. That’s what all the outrage was about with stories of “top men” competing with each other who had the bigger [del]pen[/del]bonus, right? It seems to me that if her husband has enough money to get such a trophy wife, and the divorce negotiations are about such numbers, he also has succeded in getting more money than he can find a sensible use for. Wow, the level of animosity towards the guy because he’s a man, and a CEO to boot. Well, then, I guess that settles it. He’s a male ex-CEO who is very wealthy, that means that she’s entitled to his money. Makes perfect sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/23 "2009-03-23T02:27:48Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’d be willing to divorce him for half that. I can do better, I would divorce my _own_ husband for a quarter of that. Of course my husband doesn’t have that kind of money, so there… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/24 "2009-03-23T03:11:30Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > That 16 year figure doesn’t seem to figure in interest. Invested at only 5% per year she should be able to live on the income alone. > > $53,000/wk - welcome to the world of the ex-trophy wife. > > StG :dubious: You sure about that? 16,000,000 @ 5% = 800,000 on my calculator. That is less than 16 weeks before any taxes are taken out. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/25 "2009-03-23T03:16:45Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Wow, the level of animosity towards the guy because he’s a man, and a CEO to boot. > > Well, then, I guess that settles it. He’s a male ex-CEO who is very wealthy, that means that she’s entitled to his money. Makes perfect sense to me. This is one of those things where I’m perfectly willing to let the court decide without second guessing it (them?). It wasn’t a long marriage, but who knows whether riding the married-to-a-Countess-who-entertains-lavishly train was what got him that Director of the Board position. It’s a divorce. No matter how much money there is, or how it’s split, both sides are going to feel hard done by. And both sides are soothing their feelings more than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/26 "2009-03-23T04:09:07Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > …If she’s unable to adapt to a normal first-world lifestyle like I have on _less than 1/500th the annual income_, and even that’s way more than lots of people in the world get by quite happily on, then she’s weak and a prisoner of her desire for wealth. Yes, she is ILL, her husband has sickened her with an overabundance of wealth, and now she needs treatment. She needs to be slowly weaned from her spending habits. Very slowly - $4000 a week for clothes this month, $3999 next month, etc. Unfortunately, because of inflation, $3999 worth of clothes next month will actually cost more than $4000. She is also a victim of the economy. Oh, how I feel her pain. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/27 "2009-03-23T08:21:28Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > It’s a divorce. No matter how much money there is, or how it’s split, both sides are going to feel hard done by. Good thing they have a legally binding contract that both parties agreed to, stating exactly how the money is to be divided. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/28 "2009-03-23T14:25:09Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > :dubious: > You sure about that? > 16,000,000 @ 5% = 800,000 on my calculator. That is less than 16 weeks before any taxes are taken out. I think I’m right. $43,000,000 X 5% = $2,150,000/yr interest income only $2,150,000/52 wks = $41,346.15 per week. This is pretty close to her settlement requirements. although I didn’t take taxes into consideration. StG ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/29 "2009-03-23T17:00:26Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Good thing they have a legally binding contract that both parties agreed to, stating exactly how the money is to be divided. She’s claiming that he gave her the ultimatum: “Sign this postnup or I’ll divorce you.” She’s working to get the contract voided legally. If that happens, then it wasn’t a legally binding contract. I don’t have a legal background, but I’ve heard that some divorce courts do not recognize pre and post nups. The idea being that there are already laws governing marriage and divorce and no one gets to rewrite them just because they want to marry someone that has less money than they do. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007/30 "2009-03-23T17:44:31Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > His income is not the issue. Just think of the limo driver, the hair salon, the couture clothing retailer, her travel agents…all those poor working stiffs would suffer if suddenly all the rich people disappeared in a puff of smoke. > > She can demand all she wants. Whether or not she gets it is another matter. Think of it as a stimuus plan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-43-million-is-not-enough-divorce-settlement/490007.md?page=1)