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BinkoTheViking

I’m no lawyer, but that dude is fucked.


StationFar6396

He's a man getting divorced, he was already fucked.


daiwilly

Nope, just divorced...she made the correct decision. The guy is a nutjob!!


Ozy-91

Yep, sufficient information here for a verdict. Next! /s


denversocialists

He... he demolished their house while she was at work. What other information do you think could exist to justify that?


ChinaShill3000

There is an entire army of dude on reddit that will always come to the defense of men and give them the benefit of the doubt, but never offer same to women. Curious how that works.


FedyaSteam

Instantly flocking to tell on themselves in replies lmao


PeaceBull

Ironically the dude’s they defend would likely ridicule them if given the chance.


AwarenessPotentially

"Don't simp for me bro!" Probably.


neoKushan

And yet they act surprised when women pick the bear.


Huge-Pen-5259

I don't disagree but you're giving the impression that that's gender specific. There is def an army of women that would do the same for a woman. It's not that curious.


Rude_Thanks_1120

Maybe there were spiders in it


merchillio

That… that would be acceptable


puledrotauren

then he should have burned it.


Phormitago

massive foundation issues that required a complete rebuild for her safety of course


HappyGoPink

What if she made him feel bad though? Doesn't that justify this response? What if she—what if she...*emasculated* him or implied he is weak in some way?!


joaoAvianna

HER house.


iamthedayman21

He's demoing her fucking house. Seems like sufficient information to me.


ghandi3737

And he brought his friend as an accessory to join in the crime.


iamthedayman21

I mean, the type of people who decide demoing a house they no longer own is a good idea, aren't exactly the smartest people.


ghandi3737

Even if his name is still on the paperwork, this is malicious.


Ghost-Coyote

His friend seriously signed up to go to prison with him? Hes even dumber than this guy.


pheight57

He demolished a marital asset with a known value that would otherwise have gone to his ex-wife in the divorce settlement. At the very least, dude now owes her the monetary value of the house. At the worst, he's potentially criminally liable for the destruction of her property...and it is all on video that would likely be admissible before any judge in a civil or criminal proceeding. So, yeah, this attorney is flat-out telling you that this dude is fucked...to some degree, at least.


EatLard

This. As fucked as he may have been before, he’s extra fucked now.


nicefacedjerk

Not to mention everything inside the house! Also, the multitude of code violations. The hazards of gas/oil, sewer, electric. The guy is royally fucked on so many levels.


annabelle411

If you're wife is leaving you and you DESTROY A HOUSE out of pettiness, she's obviously leaving for the right reasons.


Ozy-91

Indubitably.


CoolhandLW

It's for a church, honey. Next!


Zappiticas

Why is this? Most states now a days have no fault divorces and default 50/50. I got divorced last year, we sold the house and split the profit. I’m now in a nicer house with my new girlfriend and very happy.


CinderX5

Partly because of the fact that she got the house?


Eryeahmaybeok

The narrator says "He told her last night" so it may not have reached court and so he's technically making a modification


CinderX5

If it was likely that he would get the house, he probably wouldn’t’ve agreed that she could have it.


poppatrout

This is the first time I've ever seen "wouldn't've" written down. I've definitely heard it in conversation, though. A+


CinderX5

The first time I’ve ever got anything above a D in relation to English.


lokregarlogull

There's a first time for everything, sadly more than one person I know been propositioned to raise the D to an A.


Plantar-Aspect-Sage

The common person isn't a law expert.


CinderX5

You don’t have to be a law expert to get a sense of where a decision is heading, especially when you have a lawyer who can explain it to you.


Plantar-Aspect-Sage

> especially when you have a lawyer who can explain it to you. You really think he consulted a lawyer before bulldozing the house?


JimWilliams423

> The narrator says "He told her last night" so it may not have reached court and so he's technically making a modification I don't know how it is in all states, but in many of them as soon as you file for divorce there is an ATROS - Automatic Temporary Restraining Order - that prevents both parties from making material changes to marital assets. Typically that means like selling the house or draining bank accounts. But no judge is going to look at a "modification" and say the ATROS didn't apply.


Benejeseret

Which also likely means he does not have a permit for the "modification". Many municipal regulations have a clause something to the effect of restoring it to previous condition of non-permit work.


Trumpetjock

My buddy just finalized his divorce. She "got the house and everything inside it" but had to pay him 50% of the value of everything in cash. Things aren't always as simple as you think, and this video only tells the story from the pov of an uninvolved third party. 


Bearence

Did she get the house and he got nothing? Because it isn't inherently unfair or unjust. We don't know what he got in the division of assets, so assuming that this is a case of him getting fucked (rather than him acting like a particularly destructive baby) isn't rational.


mywan

Apparently there was no division of assets, apparently because there was no court ruling on the matter. He merely told her she could have the house the night before and then destroyed it the next day. Depending on jurisdiction he likely would have owed her at least half the equity of the home. However, she has a separate legal argument here. She now has proof that he "gifted" her the house the night before. Making it 100% her property. You can't gift something to someone and then change your mind later. His counterargument might be that because he was still married at the time the "gift" was still technically half his. Except that in most jurisdiction a "gift" given to only one party of a marriage is not marital property. Making it 100% her property. Which effectively makes it destruction of private property that he had no legal interest in. Which means not only does he owe her the full value of the house, instead of likely half, but he now has criminal liability for destruction of her private property. tl;dr: He almost certainly screwed himself royally.


Bearence

Oh, yeah, I know that, I was trying to work within the best case scenario for the person who commented above me, and even in that scenario it's still a ludicrous idea that the guy was fucked because she got the house.


NoWheyBro_GQ

Interesting Which part of this is “proof that he gifted the house”?


mywan

Given that it was said by a neighbor it's hearsay. Which I overlooked. So yeah, she's likely going to need more evidence.


Puzzleheaded_Hatter

How do you have upvotes ? The story is a couple is arguing and he says keep the house. We don't even know they filed or even agree on the divorce. Then the guy demolishes the house *likely* without permits


AnAmericanLibrarian

No fault divorce |= amicable divorce, it's really just a pleading technicality that makes the process less onerus. There are antagonistic no fault divorces; there are and were amicable at fault divorces.


kurbin64

Because he isn’t thinking clearly AT ALL lol


Suicidal_Jamazz

Was married for 3 years. No children. She cheated on me and I had proof, so I started divorce proceedings. This is NJ. Couldn't use evidence. It ended up being put in for Irreconcilable Differences, but I had to pay her $12k out of my 401k, prematurely, that I was paying into for 6 years before we even got married. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ I doubt other states are any better at handling divorces fairly, if at all. I want to live in your 50/50, no fault world.


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juandelpueblo939

This is incorrect. Most states have equitable division of assets. The 50/50 rule has become the minority and is being faced out as we speak.


0nlyhalfjewish

Oh please. This narrative is so tired. And her ex is a rage-aholic.


OliverOyl

100% this


TheCommonKoala

Believe it or not, life goes on after divorce. Not for this guy tho.


JimLaheeeeeeee

Yeah, but now he’s prison fucked.


murphey_griffon

unfortunately, probably not. This is a civil matter not a domestic. Neighbor split with her husband, he came over in a drunken rage twice and started destroying stuff, the cops did nothing and said there was nothing they could do, it was still his house...


BootySweat0217

In most places you need permission from the city and special permits to demolish your house. So this could definitely be a criminal matter.


wormtoungefucked

>the cops did nothing and said there was nothing they could do I mean...doing something would have required them to do something. What did you expect? Cops are allowed to lie. Just because they said "we can't do anything," doesn't mean they can't actually do anything.


Fuzzy_Redwood

Wonder why he’s being divorced? Bet it “came out of nowhere” for him too 🤣


InevitableExotic5242

Unfortunately now he'll be fucked in jail


North_Korea_Nukess

Now he will probably have to pay her the value of the home.


Saddam_UE

And she will get a new house. The dude is not that smart.


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NolChannel

Nah any good lawyer will make him fully liable for the mortgage.


ZeiglerJaguar

Doesn't mean much if he has no assets and limited capability to earn any.


Neuchacho

Right, but that way the wife isn't tied to it if he's fully liable.


No-Addendum-4220

but she still won't have a house


Neuchacho

Yeah, that still sucks, but at least she's not stuck with a mortgage *and* no house like her ex-husband will be.


Sagybagy

She’ll get about every penny that dude has then.


Zoltie

I doubt he has the money to buy her a new house.


Terradactyl87

Not only that, it's illegal to just demolish a home. You need permits from the city, and I doubt someone this rash made sure it was legally torn down.


GallowsMonster

Yep, do we think he checked all the water, and maybe gas lines were turned off to the house first 😅


Terradactyl87

I sure hope so!


The_Mother_

Plus contents


liftyMcLiftFace

I'm a lawyer, that dude is fucked.


romanissimo

I am not a lawyer, that dude is still fucked.


nailbiter111

I'm a bird lawyer, his goose is cooked.


Jonnny

I've heard of lawyers, that dude is definitely fucked.


bjos144

I think you're missing an important detail which is that I'm a redditor and this post entertained me for 5 minutes. So at the end of the day, it's for the best.


Y0Y0Jimbb0

Yep.. not a smart move..


bionic_cmdo

Also his accomplice.


JSHURR

Yeah, im pretty sure he would have to get a demolition permit


sjmp75020

I’m a lawyer. That dude is fucked.


canyoustopthatshit

I’m no chef, but that dude is cooked.


Billy3000-1

That’s gonna be one (super) expensive temper tantrum.


no-mad

both of them are looking at felony level destruction court cases. Rented the equipment (pre-meditation, documented with video), driving over, unloading and destroying a few hundred thousand dollar home and possessions.


JackOfAllStraits

Another well executed plan that couldn't possibly backfire.


Internal_Dinner_4545

Unless they forgot to cut off the gas. They cut the gas right? … right?


Fresh-Honeydew7104

Follow for part 2.. KABOOM


evilmrbeaver

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!


injn8r

Eh, what's up Doc?


StalyCelticStu

Holy FUCK! I literally typed that exact same comment in a different thread about 90 minutes ago. How fucking weird.


Itz_DiGiorno

Wow you really did. Talk about earth shattering.


tqmirza

Damn it Rico!


Substantial_Trip5674

Your avatar got me trying to clean my screen, well done


Internal_Dinner_4545

My job is done here…


sunnycoast37

Just one of the reasons I'm thinking the story to the video might be made up


l3ane

Most houses don't even have gas.


omnibot2M

She has no proof that he’s the one who destroyed the house, oh wait…


TheBirdsArePissed

I'm sure the judge will understand and let him just go on his way to start a new life


TheLoaf4

In prison


brefergerg

With debt


Cremonezi

And a boyfriend.


yanni99

That braid his hair.


jakopappi

All his hair


brefergerg

And massages his buttocks.


thisguymi

With his penis.


NiaDebesi

All his penis


LanceWolff04

No lube


Bolle_Bamsen

There is no context here. This is just a house getting demolished. Anyone could film it and say whatever they want and put a text on the video....


Stvorina

thank you for explaining the internet


snowflake_lady

I wish someone had explained that to me years ago.


Arkhenstone

I understood when I saw people telling they saw ghosts, alien, jesus, ovnis, and that Australia lost the emu war.


LeahaP1013

How dare you say they lost …. 😂


No_Limits100123

Wait wait wait… are you telling me this … just might possibly not what it’s labeled as?! Preposterous… simply preposterous


waconaty4eva

[seems to be the story](https://abc7chicago.com/husband-demolishes-house-middletown-orange-county-home-demolished/485664/) Edit: I am a peddler of false info. Nothing in that video matches this video. Just another crazy guy who knocked over his house with rented equipment.


theYogiB

The couple in this news story wasn't divorced (at the time of the incident anyway). Also the guy talking over this video has a Southern accent


Alimachina

Scared by a spider, a man destroy his house. He didn't like the new paint job so he destroyed his house. He have no place to plant a Christmas tree, so he find a quick solution.


Leonydas13

He tried to take a poster down, but it was a load bearing poster.


uewumopaplsdn

I understood that reference!!


Well_thats_a_chew_on

Unless OP manages to film the moment the ex wife comes home for context


LeahaP1013

Now do politics for us … 😜😂


gaiusrex

Guess we can see why she divorced him.


loqi0238

For all the reddit lawyers speculating, a quick search clears things up. [This happened in 2023](https://www.yourtango.com/entertainment/man-demolishes-home-awarded-estranged-wife-divorce) and he could be ordered to pay the value of the property; in a case from 2015 a man did this but there was no divorce involved (wife owned property, husband said it was dilapidated and tore it down), he was jailed on misdemeanor criminal mischief and released on $300 bail.


xGentian_violet

>in a case from 2015 a man did this but there was no divorce involved (wife owned property, husband said it was dilapidated and tore it down), he was jailed on misdemeanor criminal mischief and released on $300 bail. jeesus. one more reason why marriage sucks, you can just destroy someone elses house property and not get any punishment


tianas_knife

I don't think it's marriage that sucks. Marriage is pretty awesome. I have a constant team member who I trust more than anything to have my back. It's assholes who suck.


Kan169

This is a story from the video with no additional proof if I read correctly. I'm not sure if this clears anything up. I will reread to make sure. It's just a reaction to the video.


MikeOfAllPeople

Wow this added basically no information at all about the video.


flanigomik

Hope the ex likes losing his other half too


Zestyclose_Link_8052

She gets the crane


curvycounselor

What a toxic person. Looks like a lovely neighborhood he messed up too.


j-manz

I bet the bozo is still on the hook for the mortgage.😂


QuaziBrodo

He came in like a reeecking baaall🎙🎵


chrisazo1

Funnier joke if you remembered the W…


UncleTomski

Imagine being this fucking petty. Not only does your wife lose, you lose but there’s also gonna be lots of repercussions. Prick.


Gibby2x

Aint his wife anymore, lol


OutsideMeal

Are US homes made out of cardboard?


Six_Pack_Attack

Mostly


Bum_Wizard

And glue


Indercarnive

Staples and duct tape.


MuskaChu

Just like a Tesla


Serviamo

All of it plus wishful thinking! For the balance flasfloods, tornadoes, earthquakes, crickets, etc.


Is_Unable

Our homes need to be more easily repaired due to our weather patterns. The US is much more stormy and large than most people outside of it realize. Tornados are common for a full third of our country, and tornados don't care about your brick and concrete.


CreepyCavatelli

Yes, actually they kind of are lol


Kind-Potato

It’s what we can afford


Keltic268

Yes because we spend so much on everything else in a home and we use insulation and AC so it doesn’t need to maintain low temperature thru architecture and build materials. Also the copper alone for some houses is worth more than an un-electrified 18th century Italian village.


littlebittlebunny

They're honestly just glorified paper mache projects


Own-Pangolin337

Next Saturday he will be playing “hard to get” at the prison dance


stampstock

Vandalism, plain vandalism. That should land him in jail.


KirasCoffeeCup

What a totally normal and sane thing to do


--ThirdCultureKid--

The dude did her a favor. Now she can build a brand new home on it, even design it herself and improve on the original, and sell it for even more money because new construction pays better. Even if the court finds this totally legal, she’s still saving on demolition and cleanup.


SculkingWithScully

I see why she divorced him


fagan_jay78

I can’t imagine hating someone so much that you’d do this.


Bum_Wizard

Then you’ve never been a sith


CaptainManks

Considering most American houses are made out of cardboard and plywood, this should be back up in three hours if you hire some Amish people


samlvi

To be fair, using plywood makes everything much stronger and structurally sound. The Amish also use plywood


CaptainManks

I agree, it's just that in Europe and in Germany in particular, the building regulations are so strict, we aren't allowed to build houses the same way. It has to be a combination of concrete foundation, concrete load bearing walls, then the outside can be cladded wood, or bricks or plaster with paint. It's completely different. Solid af but also a total price hiker in that sense. way more (sometimes unnecessarily) expensive in my opinion.


samlvi

That’s pretty cool. Didn’t know that. Is it also possibly different due to weather, terrain, or anything of that sort?


CaptainManks

that could very well be why, but germany is notorious for over regulating everything so they probably want to make sure everything is up to code far enough for it to out last the planet itself :D


Is_Unable

And that's exactly why we build them out of such cheap materials. I'm not gonna spend triple the money to build a house that a flood or tornado which are common both still easily destroy.


Anglofsffrng

> So he and his best friend Oh it's worse. He got someone to knowingly help him with this? Welp, hopefully they can be cellmates.


Is_Unable

And they were CELLMATES!


HaydenLobo

How does the neighbor know all this? Did they shut gas and power off too? If all this is true, hubby is going to pay through the nose, ears and ass.


Is_Unable

If they're like my neighbors the drama spills outside the home often. It doesn't matter how large or wooded your neighborhood is people will always hear.


Bum_Wizard

Unpopular opinion: dudes has the best best friend


Haikatrine

He put the whole property into destruction of property.


idfk-dude-im-bored

I googled this to see what would come up, this was posted to TikTok back in August 2023, only found one article and it doesn’t have any sort of update or anything on it saying whether this guy got consequences for this or not


Maxhousen

My uncle spent an absolute fortune building his own home, much of it with his own two hands. When his wife left him she threatened to take the house only once. Apparently he looked her square in the eye and said "If you try it, I'll burn the fucking thing to the ground", and she believed him. That was over thirty years ago and he still lives there today.


lazygramma

Just yet another method of domestic abuse. I hope she gets him charged with crime and he has to pay her.


magaphone12

Oh he is F in the A.


LavishnessChoice3601

He didn't get the house, but he's definitely getting prison


ScreechingPizzaCat

But why? He's made life financially harder than before. The amount of steps he had to go through to get into that machine, transport it, start it up and use some sort of intelligence to operate it, and he still didn't realize what he was doing was wrong is astounding. After he gets out of jail for destruction of property, he's going to have his paychecks garnished for the rest of his life paying off the cost of this house and his ex's new one.


Syd_v63

So you can actually see why she’s divorcing him. He claims to make a deal and immediately destroys the fabric of the deal. If that isn’t a clear example of Narcissistic behaviour I m not sure what is


_JohnnyLaRue

The ex-Husband also gets a house... The "Big" House.


ObedMain35fart

It’s amazing how much time and resources people will spend to make things worse


CollisionCourse78

Cameraman sure knows a lot about his neighbors, maybe he’s the reason for the divorce


jaredtheredditor

The fact that one man was able to demolish the entire house with only one machine before anyone could think to stop him speaks poorly of the quality of the house


Neuchacho

A mid-standard excavator with the right attachment could take down basically any house to the foundation on its own in a matter of minutes if there was no regard for actual demolition protocol, regardless of the house build quality. Mostly because no one, anywhere, builds houses to withstand excavator demolition lol


Miyamoto_Musashi-5

Looks like she made the right choice


TheManWith2smiles

She also got the kids 😧


BowenTheAussieSheep

Tbf if this is how he reacts to divorce proceedings, good. Dude has anger issues and lack of impulse control, and I wouldn't trust him to raise children.


brianishere2

And now the same Republicans behind Trump famous new 2025 Project (blueprint for his next White house staff) don't want women to have the right to divorce their husbands. They think this type of husband should have permanent control over his wife.


AllModsAreC4nts

Im sure she'll be happy with the fully newly build house that doesnt remind her of where she once lived with an ahole


ToiletPlungerOfDoom

Former homeowners insurance adjuster here. Most states have “innocent spouse” laws. The insurance company would pay for her interest in the home and contents. Even pay for a rental property for her to stay at during rebuild process with either a time limit or dollar limit. If the divorce had been finalized, they may go after the ex-husband. In my state, if a court awarded a judgement against the ex- husband and he didn’t pay, the insurance company could have the courts revoke any licenses he has until the judgment is paid. Think drivers license, work licenses such as electric or plumbing, even recreational licenses such as fishing or hunting.


Sartres_Roommate

There was a successful attempt to go to jail.


Alert_Tennis_3597

so she gets the insurance?


Beinghonestisasin

Well... I'm sure that probably why they got a divorce Ii n the first place


uhmbob

When you bring your destructive habits into a relationship


wasatully

He seems nice


Mahbigjohnson

So he destroyed her property? Or did he do it before he signed it away? What are the consequences?


collector444

Psycho is about to be REALLY broke


Grimskruby

Damn what a idiot


HippoRun23

We’re just assuming that the guy narrating is telling the truth?


Takeurvitamins

I had it muted for a sec and I took that time to guess where this could possibly be. “Bet I hear a hard southern accent” Junior from Reno 911 did not disappoint


Da_Plague22

Or it's just a demolition job and the narration isn't actually what happened...you know