PART 15: What the Courts Could and Couldn’t Give Me

The months that followed were filled with appointments.

There were requests for records, meetings with accountants, discussions about assets, and long stretches when nothing visible seemed to happen.

I learned not to judge progress by how dramatic a day felt.

Elise helped me understand the difference between a financial betrayal that was painfully clear to me and a claim that could be established in court.

Our marriage lasted twenty-eight years.