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Family

Mar. 23, 2021

Lessons learned from an Oklahoma divorce case

As the trial got underway, pundits speculated that Sue Ann would end up with the largest divorce settlement in history.

Jeffrey P. Blum

Law Office of Jeffrey P. Blum

Email: Blumesq@aol.com

Jeffrey is a mediator and family law attorney in Los Altos.

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Two things about a 6-year-old Oklahoma divorce case motivated me to write about it. The case, Hamm v. Hamm, ultimately reached the Supreme Court in Oklahoma in 2015.

Harold Hamm started his oil extraction business well before he married Sue Ann in 1988. At the time of marriage, he was worth approximately $50 million. At the commencement of the divorce, it was estimated he and his wife were worth approximat...

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