I'm going to have to admit that I blew this call. Here's what finally occurred to me.
If the dad lost his job, he'd soon lose the house, the savings and of course his half-time caretaker status. He would not have a physical residence suited to the kids sleeping over, end of story.
Here we have the woman who just up and decided she ought to stay home all day while the kids are in school. Will she lose her home, her ability to house the kids during visitation? No
The absurdidty of this is that a man would lose his half-time status, and this bitch not only doesn't lose it, but the state helps her steal enough money to pay all her expenses in the deal.
Talk about an amazing rip-off...
Not only that, but Wisconsin is a community property state, which means she left the marriage with half of the assets. Assuming there was other real property in excess of the $1M in investments, she came away with well over $1M.
Even assuming she lost value in her stocks, there is no way, unless she was engaging in highly speculative and irresponsible (considering the circumstances) transactions, that she would have lost more than maybe 50% total of the value of her investments. Some of which has certainly rebounded in the interim. So she most likely has well over $500K in real and liquid assets. And she still needs $4K+/month from her ex-husband?