We tried to negotiate a divorce settlement three times. All three were spectacular failures. The first took place at the start of the second day of Scott’s deposition. Scott and

Scott and I had different views on the amount of alimony he would pay me. No surprise: his number was MUCH lower than mine. Since our negotiations were a failure,

Patrick and Marianne called Scott as an adverse witness on the afternoon of the fourth day of trial, when it became clear Scott was not going to testify on his

The judge handed down his decision on June 31, 2015, four months after the trial’s end. I did particularly well in the distribution of our marital assets. My alimony was

I sold the house in spring of 2016 and left Massachusetts one month after my youngest daughter graduated from high school. I had come full circle. I couldn’t leave in