Sounds like they thought it out a little bit. A friend of a friend was caught in an 'uncompromising situation', and his wife went to divorce him, but before filing the paperwork, she found a power of attorney that gave her control over his business. She sold his share of the business out from under him, donating the money to a charity. Then, a month later, filed on him, got a PPO, and a restraining order. She left their joint savings/checking accounts. He supposedly tried to sue her, and the case was dismissed because she supposedly waited enough time before filing, and left all of their joint money so he could buy his way back in, if he wanted. She also had witnesses claiming that he was going to ditch the corporation to screw her out of any possible alimony, which she denied, strengthening her case apparently. It all sounded suspect, but *shrug* Good way to get back at him I guess... He couldn't buy back in due to some by-law stipulations, and likely price, but they were willing to take him back as a salary grunt.
Never underestimate the anger of a woman scorned and cheated on?
With the mom, she had so many accounts with so many mail order places, and FB, Twitter, etc. It took over a year to track them all down. At one point, we even thought she had a few other credit cards and bank accounts too. It was a minor mess. We could never get control over her FB account for some arcane reason. She had two of them too. *sigh*
Giving someone power over my useless existence wouldn't be a huge deal, but I can see where some people wouldn't do it. But if you can't trust the person you are with, why be with them.
