Emily sent a text saying she was staying out of it.
I wrote their names down too, not from bitterness at first, but because facts matter.
By the third week, sitting at June’s kitchen table, I stopped asking what had been done to me and started asking something more useful: exactly what had Walter done, and was it legal?
I called Martin and asked whether he had independently verified when Walter transferred the house into the LLC. If Walter had decided on divorce first and then moved marital assets before filing, that could be fraud.
There was a long silence.
He had not checked.
That was when my plan began.
I found a new firm in Hartford—Holloway & Pierce—and met with an attorney named Anna Reyes. She was precise, calm, and treated me like a person with a mind, not an old woman to be managed.
I told her everything. She listened for ninety minutes and then said, “If the LLC was created after he decided to divorce, you may have grounds to reopen the settlement.”
I hired her that day.
Within a week, Anna filed a post-judgment motion, claiming fraudulent transfer and demanding full financial discovery. Walter found out quickly.