Posted on 12/05/2014 2:44:35 PM PST by Hojczyk
The ex-wife of Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm has appealed a November divorce ruling that awarded her $1 billion, citing 78 alleged errors and missteps that caused a judge to grossly undervalue her stake in one of America's greatest oil fortunes.
Sue Ann Arnall's appeal assails as "inappropriate" Judge Howard Haralson's decision to allow lawyers for both her ex-husband and his oil company, Continental Resources, to "double team" her during an epic divorce trial.
It also disputes the court's acceptance of a revised version of Continental's corporate history that falsely dates hugely profitable moves as occurring before the couple's 26-year marriage began.
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It’s not about a single billion. It’s about getting even. That is what our country has become (ref: Furguson etc.)
... for less than half of that billion Dollar cashgrab... I can make this problem go away for this dude.
Most pre-nups (at least those I’ve known of) expire before 26 years.
Today’s word of the day, boys and girls, is hypergamy.
The effete elites pushed so hard for a divorce/cohabitation nation in the ‘80s and ‘90s. I saw let ‘em have it! Give it all to her and the lawyers, now! That’s what the courts have done to working class families. The court can do it to the harem-owning Henry Beecher types, too.
I say let ‘em have it! [Little correction there.]
Never said there is no God.
Getting a prenuptial agreement has nothing to do with whether someone believes in God or not.
Yes many pastors and preachers are against it, however they are not the one’s getting married with no skin in the game.
In this day in age it’s wise to get a prenup because no matter how much you think you know a person they lie.
How many years after did she file divorce ? Seems she knew what she was doing.
The timing is not conicidenal.
There is nowhere in the Bible that forbids prenuuals, however God is against divorce and the social influences that bring about divorce in today’s society.
Feminism would be one of them.
It sounds like you are saying she spent 26 years setting him up so she ‘could just get even’.
Huh.
Not at all. I'm sure he has his own baggage with her as well.
His "leverage" in the divorce is giving her a paltry billion. Her leverage (getting even now that she knows the "paltry" settlement) is to make his life miserable until she gets her fair share which is skin off his hide
I believe that Melinda was working for Microsoft when Bill married her, so that claim may be true...
If the price of oil keeps dropping she’ll be lucky to keep the one billion.
Not enough info to determine what’s right in the article. One billion would seem very equitable to most of us, but there is a real possibility that she contributed much more to the process of developing the wealth. That said, if I were to come into 10% of what she was awarded, I would be very comfortable giving a boatload of it to worthy causes...
Women are nuts. Everyone knows this.
The article in the current Forbes shamed her and likely got her riled.
Compared to divorce settlements made by other billionaires ex wives, percentage wise, the Hamn wife got a pittance. Among the divorced wives club, she is at the bottom and did poorly
it is a share of the “worth of a business” but paid in cash...
...and therein lies the problem. One side taking cash as a worth of a business, generally means the cash is now gone, since in the business world there generally isn’t that much just laying around. Up to and including no more than half the cash available might be a solution if it was enough, and if it isn’t there might be stock options or stock, as an option.
I’ve been there not with a divorce but with a departing partner, and it can be difficult for the remaining partner divorced from the cash. Partner left with inventory, which is definitely not cash, but could be. A division of a business based on half inventory and half cash is a bad split.
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