This week, we’re bringing you stories about the financial impact of divorce.
Marriages fall apart for any number of reasons. For Jessica Simon, the first signs that hers was in trouble showed up in the checking account she shared with her husband.
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In some cases, funds aren’t just separate, but entirely hidden. When that happens, divorce lawyers can argue that one party was improperly spending assets that belonged to both spouses.
Marilyn Chinitz, a New York-based matrimonial attorney at Blank Rome, said one of her clients discovered a secret account kept by her ex-husband. A forensic accountant helped determine that he had been spending roughly $20,000 a month on another woman and their child in an apartment for around a decade. The accountant sifted through a mountain of documents to track transfers in and out of the account, uncovering a web of transactions that hadn’t been disclosed.
“It’s like taking a piece of fabric and pulling it and all of a sudden everything starts to unfold,” Chinitz said.
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"Inside the ‘Financial Infidelities’ That Tear Marriages Apart," by Gunjan Banerji was published in The Wall Street Journal on April 19, 2026.