Chapter 18: Lawfully Using Rules to Create Marital Joint Debt
While living together she exhausted the couple's joint property, and after transferring all the premarital property she then proposed divorce on the pretext that there was no longer any affection.
This was truly quite outrageous.
This tactic could be described in a single word as exceptional.
Su Bai listened silently to Wang Li's account and said, "Based on your description of this case, I have already gained a general understanding."
"Our law firm can accept the case, but you should first consult your childhood friend regarding whether he wishes to entrust our law firm, and only then can the remaining related matters proceed."
"I understand, Lawyer Su, after I return I will immediately speak with my childhood friend."
After seeing Wang Li and Wang Zizhong and his wife off, Su Bai weighed the black package in his hand and said to Li Xuezhen, "For now stop posting advertisements and first organize the materials regarding the civil case that Wang Li just described, I will go out for a moment."
"Yes, Lawyer Su."
Li Xuezhen tidied the desk, picked up the notebook containing the earlier records, and nodded seriously.
Su Bai then left the law firm and went to the bank to deposit the one hundred and twenty thousand yuan into the account.
One hundred and twenty thousand yuan.
Together with the previous balance, there were now slightly more than one hundred and fifty thousand yuan in total.
The law firm's debt crisis had temporarily been resolved, and after seeing the bank balance notification Su Bai's mood improved considerably.
At present this amount of money was sufficient to support the law firm's gradual development expenses.
After returning to the law firm,
Li Xuezhen had already organized the materials previously provided by Wang Li.
"Lawyer Su, I have already organized Wang Li's materials."
"Lawyer Su, I would like to ask whether there truly are women like the wife of Wang Li's childhood friend, and if our law firm accepts this case, how should it be handled, I believe that the opposing party should be challenged as forcefully as possible."
"Such a person is truly too unreasonable."
Su Bai took the materials handed over by Li Xuezhen, reviewed them briefly, confirmed that there were no issues, and placed them on the desk.
He raised his head and looked at Li Xuezhen.
Li Xuezhen appeared somewhat uneasy. "Lawyer Su, did I say something incorrect just now?"
Su Bai tapped the desk lightly with his fingertips and found Li Xuezhen's reaction somewhat interesting.
It resembled the reaction of a student fearing punishment from a teacher.
'Cough.'
Su Bai cleared his throat.
"This is the second lesson you need to learn at the law firm, do you remember what the first lesson was?"
The first lesson, the second lesson?
Li Xuezhen hesitated and was not entirely certain. "The first lesson was understanding social relations?"
Su Bai nodded with satisfaction.
Correct.
She remembered quite clearly.
"That is correct, you answered properly, the first lesson is understanding social relations, do you know what the second lesson is?"
Li Xuezhen shook her head sincerely. "I do not know."
"Then remember this, the second lesson is that when facing your client you only need to handle matters according to the fee received, once the case has been entrusted to our law firm you should not have excessive empathy, regardless of whether the situation involving Wang Li's childhood friend's wife is true or not, as long as our law firm has been entrusted we only need to make every effort to assist our client."
"As for other matters unrelated to the case, they have no connection with our law firm, do you understand?"
"Yes, Lawyer Su, I understand this point."
Li Xuezhen nodded seriously.
In the legal profession, to put it plainly, once a lawyer accepts payment the lawyer resolves the client's difficulties and assists the client in winning the case, and this is the most basic professional principle, there is no need for excessive considerations.
Excessive empathy must not be allowed.
In the afternoon, around five or six o'clock.
As dusk approached,
Su Bai received a call from Wang Li saying that he had already discussed matters with his childhood friend and that the case would be entrusted to Baijun law Firm, and that they would arrive at the law firm shortly to discuss the details.
Su Bai asked Li Xuezhen to make preparations.
Li Xuezhen was also very excited about the arrival of a new case, as the previous case had been criminal litigation from which she had learned a great deal, and this time it was a civil case.
Moreover, it concerned civil marital matters, which constituted a highly valued professional area.
She also wished to understand what the situation of Wang Li's childhood friend was.
Very soon, Wang Li brought his childhood friend to Baijun law Firm, and compared with Wang Li, Su Bai felt that this childhood friend appeared more like someone who had just been released from detention.
His entire demeanor lacked vitality, and it appeared that this marriage had caused him significant harm.
"Please come in and have a seat."
Su Bai warmly invited them and asked Li Xuezhen to pour two cups of tea to help them regain composure.
Wang Li sat on the sofa and briefly introduced his childhood friend, whose name was Zhang Tongwei.
Compared with Wang Li's description of the case, Zhang Tongwei as the party concerned provided more detailed information and information of greater evidentiary value.
Su Bai listened carefully as Zhang Tongwei described the relevant circumstances and occasionally asked several key questions.
After one and a half hours, Su Bai finally understood the entire situation.
They had been married for three years and had no children, so there were no obligations relating to child support.
The couple possessed almost no marital joint property and in fact had accumulated a considerable amount of marital joint debt.
As for Zhang Tongwei's premarital property, namely three apartments, two of them had become marital joint property.
Regarding this point, Su Bai was very curious, because according to marriage law the premarital property of both parties is protected by law.
Even if Zhang Tongwei had sold the apartments, the resulting funds would still constitute premarital property, and moreover the appreciation portion would also remain premarital property.
How had Zhang Tongwei's wife managed to convert them into marital joint property?
"How were these two apartments converted into marital joint property?"
Upon mentioning this matter, Zhang Tongwei wished he could strike himself several times.
"At that time I had an argument with my wife and no matter how I tried to reconcile with her she would not calm down, and finally I had no choice but to ask her what I should do to make her stop being angry."
"At that time she said that I should write her a written guarantee that included matters relating to the transfer of property rights, and I only wanted to calm her down so I wrote it according to her request, but I did not expect that this could actually become evidence for property division in divorce proceedings."
"Not only that, although we have not yet divorced, she continues to borrow money and purchase household items, saying that the more debt we accumulate the better, because as long as I do not agree to the divorce then it will all constitute our marital joint debt."
Was this not clearly intentional creation of marital debt?
However, because the purchases concerned household items, it was difficult to determine whether this constituted intentional creation of marital debt.
It was evident that Zhang Tongwei's wife was extremely calculating.
Suddenly Su Bai seemed to recall something. "Does your wife have any lawyer friends?"
Zhang Tongwei frowned slightly. "Lawyer friends?"
"No, she does not, but in Nandu there is a well known female marriage lawyer who explains issues relating to marital property division through short videos."
"My wife often watches her short videos and previously told me that if we ever divorced she would hire this lawyer to handle the case and ensure that I would leave the marriage with nothing."
"At that time we had just married and I did not pay much attention to it, but now that you mention it, Lawyer Su, I remember it."
"Lawyer Su, how did you know?"
A trace of surprise appeared in Zhang Tongwei's eyes.
The corner of Su Bai's mouth lifted slightly, based on Zhang Tongwei's description this was clearly a situation of using lawful rules to exhaust the husband's assets.
An ordinary person would not ordinarily possess such strategic thinking, which suggested that someone had been advising her behind the scenes, and most likely a lawyer specializing in marital and family matters.
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