You said you don’t want this to be about hiding behind what the law might say. In that spirit, I want to ask you a direct question: would you be willing to file in California rather than Missouri?

California is materially more open to long-term support in a long marriage like ours. So if the goal is to reach what is actually fair, rather than simply what is most favorable under the law to the stronger party, I think that is a fair question to ask.