Property Division Quotes

A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to invade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same age as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

If a man wish to separate from a woman who has borne him children, or from his wife who has borne him children: then he shall give that wife her dowry, and a part of the usufruct of field, garden, and property, so that she can rear her children. When she has brought up her children, a portion of all that is given to the children, equal as that of one son, shall be given to her. She may then marry the man of her heart.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

When my parents were divorced in the late '70s, early '80s, the climate was that you should screw over your ex as much as possible - get the worst lawyer in the world, all that. That's not what people are out to do anymore. It feels cruddy to try and destroy each other just because you're breaking up.

What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own.

Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love - may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

Property, as a general social institution, well-divided property, having disappeared and Capitalism having taken its place, you cannot reverse the process without acting against natural economic tendencies.

It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

I don't think there's a fan out there who hasn't had a family member or known someone personally who's been in the midst of divorce - perhaps not necessarily gotten the divorce or executed it, or perhaps they have - and still, in many cases, they found themselves back with the person that they were married to.

I'm a great housekeeper. I get divorced. I keep the house.

I decided to write about the myths of divorce.

Of the parties organized in the States to cross the plains there was hardly one that did not break into fragments and the division of property caused a great deal of difficulty. Many of these litigants applied to the courts of Deseret for redress of grievances, and there was every appearance of impartiality and strict justice done to all parties

Divorce is the cheapest thing in Pakistan. About 30 cents. Cheaper than fish and chips. I've had clients married to very rich men for 40 years, then turned out on the road with nothing.

In one day he [Lycurgus] eradicated from Sparta all wealth and sumptuousness; he put together all the property of all the inhabitants, then divided it equally among them; he prohibited the use of money and all the activities for which wealth is sought: sumptuous display, banquets, many servants, luxurious clothes and fine houses.

When I talk about divorce, I am not blaming the women I've married. It's not their fault.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

She Got The Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.

My partner Donald Trump says that married couples should always have a prenuptial agreement. True, a prenuptial is important if one partner is much richer than the other before marriage, but Kim and I don't have one.