Lon
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I have had a number of people ask me this question and I don't mind answering. It might be useful info to others.
My divorce was a Estate Planning idea that I came up with. First, the divorce was a very amicable non contested event. My ex has dual citizenship U.S./New Zealand. She has assets in New Zealand and the U.S. If she or I had died while we were married separating our respective assets and co-mingled assets for the benefit of our heirs would have been not only complex, but costly. We were able to completely separate our respective assets while both living. There is no spousal support and my only obligation as per the divorce decree is to pay the monthly cost of a Medicare Supplement for her. We will remain good friends and probably take a trip together later this year. We will be living two hundred miles away from each other in our respective apartments and close to respective children and grand children. She has a daughter and two grand daughters in NZ. Her first divorce to her first American husband 27 years ago cost her $30,000. This divorce of ours cost us both a total of $1,800 which we split.We were married for 23 years.
My divorce was a Estate Planning idea that I came up with. First, the divorce was a very amicable non contested event. My ex has dual citizenship U.S./New Zealand. She has assets in New Zealand and the U.S. If she or I had died while we were married separating our respective assets and co-mingled assets for the benefit of our heirs would have been not only complex, but costly. We were able to completely separate our respective assets while both living. There is no spousal support and my only obligation as per the divorce decree is to pay the monthly cost of a Medicare Supplement for her. We will remain good friends and probably take a trip together later this year. We will be living two hundred miles away from each other in our respective apartments and close to respective children and grand children. She has a daughter and two grand daughters in NZ. Her first divorce to her first American husband 27 years ago cost her $30,000. This divorce of ours cost us both a total of $1,800 which we split.We were married for 23 years.
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