Agh, divorce!

[mally]

Just a question that I might need to answer too!

I've got about 200 domain names, most of them not developed into a site.

How would a person handle these during a divorce?

Never had to do it before but its on the card's I'm afraid and I need to know the best way to go about it?

Thanks Mally

 

[retired_member32]

firstly sorry to hear about your divorce,i don't know if you split, that domains are taken into account because i presume they are basically your tools of your trade and you need them to generate income,but you could change the whois to a po.box account and hope for the best,does she know of these domains ?

mark

 

[olebean]

Domains do not exist they are a contract which you write off..

 

[mally]

sorry, how does that work?

 

[SF]

Hi Mally

Sorry to hear that things are not so good, I dont think she would be bothered about "your tools of the trade" I wouldnt worry about her wanting them etc..

I split from my girlfriend after 7 years six months ago. Keep your head up!

DB

 

[olebean]

Mally

Chat to an accountant, tell him you want to write off all your domain contracts..

 

[Systreg]

Can't you just mark them all down as sold (real cheap) and transfer them to someone else who you fully trust, for safe keeping until the divorce is over and then they transfer them back to you?

 

[julian]

hypothetically - if you had spent 50k on domains that were sat parked at sedo that the missus was aware of and she wanted 'her share', then surely that would be difficult to refute?

 

[retired_member12]

Offer her the crap Mally, if they're not developed, she won't know the difference.

Besides which, if she isn't capable of developing them, then surely that's an arguement to let you keep them anyway.

 

[cm1975]

Judging by his sig, at least one of those developed sites is regged in his wife's name. It would seem unlikely that she didn't know something about what is happening, so it looks more like Mally is looking how to potentially value the sites. I could be wrong!?!?

 

[mally]

Umm things are running better now so fingers crossed.

Any dault type domains I have are in my mrs name, for ease. She is aware of some of them, I think she's started to realise that mally playing on the computer is not playing games but doing something constructive!

 

[badger]

Some interesting advice thus far.

If she is aware of them Mally then some caveat need be applied. Divorces can be a messy process when lawyers become involved and IF you do something to cloak your ownership or value of these domains, in court this ACT by you will be exploited by opposing council in order to demonstrate your lack of honesty and integrity and you could lose out elsewhere.

If you are getting divorced (and you havent since patched things up) I would first of all be wary on what you post about your circumstances on a public forum, avoid litigation like the plague, remain open about what assets you own and their real value and try and get an agreement with she-who-must-be-obeyed before things go south.

 

[cm1975]

I would first of all be wary on what you post about your circumstances on a public forum

That is sound advice. Once you're happy with what's been said on here, I would ask the mods to delete the thread!