I love how Becca just coats everything with so many lies that even Kiwis sometimes still far for it!
Reminder: there is NO divorce happening here. Just a custody dispute and a property dispute that's it. There was nothing of legal standing, even in California, about their marriage. However, it is true that CA allows "three-way custody" and Jackson was moronic enough to sign up for it.
Reason I bring that up is that something just occurred to me: is it possible that DANIEL put up the whole deposit on the house from inheritance from his dad? The timing lines up, right? We had all generally assumed that it was the Gerber trust fund that was paying for Casa De Cuck. But is it possible that Jackson doesn't get shit until his mom passes? That is not at all uncommon for families.
I just wasn't buying Bex's whole "help, we're getting kicked out of the house!" schtick. However, I do think it is possible that, aside from whatever Daniel pumped into equity during Jackson's lean years, he may have put up the bulk of the deposit? While it sounds like California would allow Bex and Jackson to force a sale of the house, they aren't bothering with that from what we can see? Is it possible that Jackson and Becky have barely paid anything into the house the whole time, leaving with Daniel with more leverage than we previously realized? Not an expert in this area, but I would think they would want to force a sale if they were going to get significant money back? But if they're not getting shit back, why not just let Daniel and Hannah stay? Plus a force sale would require effort and these are fetlife gooners who don't really like efforty things. Just pondering, not that attached to any of it...
I also wonder about the truth of "Daniel immediately got married!". I've heard of "rebounds" before, but getting married just a few months after a breakup? That's pretty odd. Is Bex just lying about that, as is her track record? Daniel is a greasy, desperate -looking dude, but this would have been a VERY fast marriage.
My preferred outcome:
-Daniel gets at least half-custody of Hannah, but only has to pay for one-third of her needs as he is only 1/3rd parent legally. Yes, I would like to see 100% custody ( this is banking, however, on the hopes that his new girl is sane and stable, which is not guaranteed), but I have seen crazy shit with family courts, not just in California. I don't think Bex has done enough yet to get less than half-custody, but she sure seems to be working on that.
-Daniel keeps the house and maybe only has to pay out a pittance to Jackson and Bex. Not that I think Daniel is the World's Greatest Dad, but he comes closest to being an actual adult out of anyone at Casa De Cuck.