A car can hardly be a comparable asset to a home. Clearly all attnys work in different ways but my attny said that cross over negotiations set you up for a loss.
EX: D got our car and in exchange I got a lump sum equal to what the car cost the day we bought it.
The car had nothing to do with the other "line items" in our settlement. Perhaps the difference in state law makes one strategy more sensible than the other.
Too bad if he feels cornered. He can't "decide" to sell a house that he only half "owns". We aren't here to make Mr. Sol comfortable. We (attny) are here to make sure Sol gets exactly what she needs for her future.
He already shook her down for a green card - patterns of manipulation tend to repeat themselves and while the court may not notice it - it is just another bargaining tool to pull out.
