An asset-freeze order.

A notice of termination for cause.

And an amended divorce complaint alleging fraud, forgery, dissipation of marital assets, and medical conspiracy.

He looked at them, and then he did the thing that told everyone watching precisely who he was: he tore the first page in half.

“This means nothing,” he said.

“Destroying a served document doesn’t cancel it,” said the deputy standing behind him, in the bored tone of a man who had watched a great many people learn this the hard way.