“He took out four thousand dollars on Tuesday,” I said.

“And there’s exactly nothing left in the joint account.”

Vance slid his reading glasses down his nose and picked up the statement.

He was a broad man whose gray hair was thinning on top.

“People think financial abandonment is just a rough patch in a marriage,” Vance said.

“In Wisconsin, emptying a marital account before filing for divorce is a clear breach of fiduciary duty.

Statute seven sixty-six point fifteen.