"Max" wrote in message ...

*After* the divorce is final?

Yes.

I thought claims for property had to be
sorted out before the final divorce settlement.

You are confusing two issues.

The divorce settlement will deal with the division of property that you
JOINTLY own.

It doesn't affect those items that you each own in your own right.

You've had very similar answers from a few people now. Whilst I get the idea
that you are looking for answers that tell you that you can get away with
being awkward, the simple answer is that you won't.