{
  "id": 19173012,
  "title": "NC divorce: Court upholds $180,000 Bitcoin split, reverses legal fees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/nc-divorce-court-upholds-180-000-bitcoin-split-reverses-legal-fees",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-north-carolina-divorce-involved-three-bitcoin-valued-at-180000-and-pokemon-cards-worth-1800-an-appeals-court-upheld-the-crypto-valuation-and-property-division-but-overturned-orders-for-legal-and-accountant-fees/articleshow/135684222.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a North Carolina divorce case involving cryptocurrency and Pokemon cards, the state's Court of Appeals has reached a mixed ruling. The court upheld the valuation of the couple's Bitcoin holdings and most property division decisions, but overturned orders requiring the husband to pay his ex-wife's legal fees and cover the full forensic accounting bill. Alexandra Warber and Tyler Warber, who married in 2016 and separated in 2022, have two children and have been granted joint custody since March 2024. The case included a dispute over three Bitcoin valued at $180,000, valued at $60,000 each on the date of separation. The trial court also considered other digital assets held by Tyler, totaling $26,076.86. The court valued a Pokemon trading card collection at $1,800, with $1,500 assigned to the cards with Tyler and $300 to those remaining with Alexandra. Tyler challenged the property division decisions, but the appeals court upheld most of the trial court's findings and sent the legal fees and accountant's bill back for reconsideration.",
  "summary": "A North Carolina appeals court upheld a divorce court's valuation of three Bitcoin at $180,000, Pokemon cards at $1,800 and its unequal division of marital assets. However, it overturned a $15,261.40 attorney’s fee award and an order requiring the husband to pay the entire forensic accountant’s bill, citing missing findings needed to establish the reasonableness of the fees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-11-09T12:24:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "A Bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/a-bitcoin-block-just-neared-a-2015-transaction-record-but-paid-only",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:19:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}