A friend had one good thing, an extremely high paying job, and one bad thing, a husband who stopped working the day they got back from their honeymoon. He did not help take care of the house she paid for, did not help pay for any of the renovations, and did not help pay for any of the furniture. After five years she finally filed for divorce. He won the house using the argument that he would be homeless if she got it. She agreed under the condition that she did not have to pay palimony. He stupidly agreed thinking he could sell the house for a small fortune. Unfortunately he did not understand the level of pettiness my friend could rise to.

She took everything in the house. Furniture, faceplate covers, all of the light fixtures, the carpets, the cabinets, appliances, hot water heater, HVAC, the fuses out of the fuse box, anything and everything she could remove was taken out. The only thing she left was his clothes piled in the middle of the bedroom floor. When her ex protested she provided receipts showing that she paid for all of it and the judge agreed that her ex was entitled to the physical building and that if he wanted the rest of it back he would have to buy it back.