There are businesses that bet on breakups. Patricia Cohen, an ex-wife of Steven A. Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire, recently received an infusion of cash, known as litigation financing, from a California company, Balance Point Divorce Funding, to continue her lawsuit against her former husband.
The Huffington Post has an entire section devoted to divorce: celebrity splits, legal news, spiritual advice, helpful hints and lists.
Divorce support is not a cottage industry; it’s a palatial business that feeds on the endless reservoir of ill will that follows a marital bust-up, partly because people ignore my first rule of divorce. It’s a maxim, really, for the wife whose husband takes off with another woman: His happiness is a small price to pay for your freedom.
