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Monday, July 9, 2007
HOWTO protect your Meccano in a divorce
New Zealand Federation of Meccano Modellers has detailed legal advice for hanging onto your precious Meccano in the event of a divorce. For my part, I can't imagine why anyone would divorce someone who was so passionate about Meccano as to take pro-active legal steps to protect a stash from the divorce court.
If you have been buying Meccano using your joint credit card or cheque book, and showing your spouse your computerised inventory list and the latest 'through the roof' increased valuations from eBay, you are in trouble. After being divorced, you could find yourself living in a cardboard box with some of the Meccano as your half share of the assets, while your spouse retains everything else as her half share of the relationship property.Link (Thanks, Rob!)If you have or are likely to have considerable valuable Meccano assets, a survival strategy should be considered along the lines of:
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