Getting Your Fair Share of the Marital Property After Financial Future Faking Has Wrecked Your Marriage

When you complain to a wise elder about how someone got your hopes up, the wise elder will remind you that no one can get your hopes up unless you let them. Many divorced people are divorced because they realized too late that their expectations about the future did not match their spouses’ expectations; it is a beautiful thing to grow old by your spouse’s side, each of you at home in your own inner world, but it is devastating to find out how much your spouse’s inner world contradicts yours. It is not your spouse’s fault if, after seeing your spouse’s modest bank account balance and your spouse’s parents’ modest lifestyle, you married your spouse with the expectation that you would later get rich, against all evidence to the contrary. If this is the case, then you are also not the first person who had to face unpleasant truths during and after divorce. The goal of divorce cases in Ontario is to divide the couple’s marital property in the fairest way possible. Sometimes that involves the court ordering one spouse to compensate the other for financial losses that the paying spouse caused the recipient spouse. If lies or misunderstandings about money have led you to divorce court, contact a Mississauga family lawyer.

Financial Future Faking Is Not Always Marital Misconduct

The term “financial future faking” is having its moment on content related to dating. It occurs when someone who has just gotten into a relationship tries to make their partner think that they are quickly on their way to becoming wealthy. A financial future faker talks a lot about the promotions that are just on the horizon at his job and the lucrative businesses he will invest in once he gets a certain amount of money. It is hard to identify financial future faking except in hindsight. A happily married person will say that her spouse who talks about these things is a naturally optimistic person whose interests and inspirations center around entrepreneurship, but a divorced person will say that her ex-spouse had her fooled for almost as long as he was fooling himself.

You cannot get compensation in divorce court for marrying a financial future faker. You can only get your fair share of the marital property you and your spouse own, not the riches that your spouse promised on your first date, but which never materialized. The only way the court might order your spouse to compensate you in a scenario like this would be if your spouse used marital funds to make a risky investment without your consent or knowingly misled you about the risks associated with the investment.

Contact Zagazeta Garcia LLP About Divorce After Financial Deception

A family lawyer can help you and your ex-spouse had mismatched expectations about money, and it eventually led to a breakdown of trust in your relationship.  Contact Zagazeta Garcia LLP in Mississauga, Ontario to discuss your case.

Sources:

msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-major-factor-in-gen-z-and-millennial-divorce-is-financial-future-faking-it-s-like-long-term-partner-catfishing-about-money/ar-AA1TZGKp?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=69690d5db80b41ba94bef80a42593c2d&ei=24

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-funny-bone-to-pick/202406/how-future-faking-can-be-used-to-manipulate-you