As far as property settlement/division in a no fault divorce state...prepare for war. I was working in Prudhoe Bay and tried to conduct a California, "divorce-by-mail". A total financial disaster, which was mostly my stupidity for hiring a lawyer friend unversed in divorce. The basic fault was her lawyer attacked the assets IN SEQUENCE. She first attacked my cash savings of 68,000, step two was to attack the home deed which I had paid in full the year before, which wiped out the remaining 34,000 of savings and 10,000 more I had to borrow to cash her out of the home. Not counting little things like cars and household items, I figure she walked away with 75%. So beware the cheap lawyer.
