Save A Marriage With A Lawsuit
Monday, September 24, 2007 Filed in: Ideas
When a marriage goes bad, couples get a lawyer to
dissolve the marriage and split the assets. Try a
lawsuit first.
File this one under things that may not become a trend. Why not try to save a marriage with a lawsuit?
This idea came to me after reading about the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. They want to leave Seattle. Seattle city officials don't want that to happen, so filed suit to keep the Sonics.
How does this work? The SuperSonics signed a lease, a legal agreement, to play all their home games in Seattle until the year 2010. They're trying to get out of the lease so they can leave town for greener pastures. The marriage has soured, but, with appropriate arbitration and incentives, may continue for many years. Or, until 2010.
Could we apply the same methodology to a marriage?
Let's assume that one partner in the coupling is unhappy with the arrangements. Too many hours at work. Too many bills to pay. Too many children. Not enough of this or that. You know, those things in a marriage that were expected, implied, perhaps agreed upon prior to the marriage but no longer are given due consideration by one party or the other.
Instead of grabbing an attorney and looking for a way out of the marriage, couples could enlist the services of a marriage lawyer-- one who sues the spouse as an effort to get them to comply with their original marriage vows; legal or implied. Even verbal agreements carry weight in a court of law.
If your husband said he would love you forever and he's been lacking in the love department, sue his pants off (so to speak).
If your wife said she would love, honor, and obey and she's been remiss recently, sue her back into submission.
Marriages are seldom saved or prolonged by divorce lawyers, but a marriage lawyer might extend the pre-nuptial bliss for a few years.
File this one under things that may not become a trend. Why not try to save a marriage with a lawsuit?
This idea came to me after reading about the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. They want to leave Seattle. Seattle city officials don't want that to happen, so filed suit to keep the Sonics.
How does this work? The SuperSonics signed a lease, a legal agreement, to play all their home games in Seattle until the year 2010. They're trying to get out of the lease so they can leave town for greener pastures. The marriage has soured, but, with appropriate arbitration and incentives, may continue for many years. Or, until 2010.
Could we apply the same methodology to a marriage?
Let's assume that one partner in the coupling is unhappy with the arrangements. Too many hours at work. Too many bills to pay. Too many children. Not enough of this or that. You know, those things in a marriage that were expected, implied, perhaps agreed upon prior to the marriage but no longer are given due consideration by one party or the other.
Instead of grabbing an attorney and looking for a way out of the marriage, couples could enlist the services of a marriage lawyer-- one who sues the spouse as an effort to get them to comply with their original marriage vows; legal or implied. Even verbal agreements carry weight in a court of law.
If your husband said he would love you forever and he's been lacking in the love department, sue his pants off (so to speak).
If your wife said she would love, honor, and obey and she's been remiss recently, sue her back into submission.
Marriages are seldom saved or prolonged by divorce lawyers, but a marriage lawyer might extend the pre-nuptial bliss for a few years.
