It was mentioned in the news today, that Massachusetts is considering a proposal to end an antiquated law that provides "life-time" alimony for divorced wives.
A case in point, a man got married three decades ago when he was a kid, but got divorced less than five years later. He's been paying alimony ever since -- and there's no end in sight.
After his youngest child graduated from college a few years ago, his child support ended and his remaining alimony payment was $65 a week. But his wife took him to court for a modification, and a judge agreed to increase the alimony to $700 a week! That's absurd!!!.
So, should the bitch get off her ass and fend for herself? Yes or No?
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i'd like to read the proposal. in some instances it is warranted, for example after 30 years of marriage the guy dumps his wife for some bimbo. and she has no employment skills. the guy should support her.
What I don't get in that ^^^ article is it says for long term marriages, alimony would end at the social security retirement age. What if you were married 40 years and divorced at age 58 or something. So you'd only get a few years of alimony? That doesn't sound right.
In California, for marriages lasting less than 10 years, the rule of thumb is generally alimony for 1⁄2 the length of the marriage. The court has some discretion in that regard. I think that's reasonable. The rules change a bit for marriages over 10 years (which the court considers lengthy--and God knows, so do I).
This is the other side of the PC curtain, there are some things that should change if women want to be treated as equals.
In the UK there was a case of a high profile English footballer who got divorced from his wife of 15 years and she was successful in claiming 50% of his weekly salary because she claimed he wouldn't have had the successful football career he had had without her spousal support.
Highly dubious if you ask me, all these cases of women marrying high profile men then getting divorced a couple of years later and wanting half of his money.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.
it needs to be determined case by case. if she (or he) put the spouse through law school or med school, and is then dumped, they deserve recompense of some sort. in the form of future earnings as far as i'm concerned. that goes for both genders.
(05-16-2011, 04:31 PM)Ordinary Peephole Wrote: all these cases of women marrying high profile men then getting divorced a couple of years later and wanting half of his money.
I don't think that's fair. People should consider prenups more often. It protects everyone involved.
Do they make pussy sooooo good that it takes a lifetime to pay for it? I think not.
I can see supporting a mother with young children, but once they hit middle school, get off your ass. If you are stupid, educate yourself. If you are too stupid to educate, who the fuck married you?
(03-15-2013, 07:12 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: You see Duchess, I have set up a thread to discuss something and this troll is behaving just like Riotgear did.
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