Divorce rulings on SAHM's alimony?
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Divorce rulings on SAHM's alimony?
| Thu, 04-29-2004 - 10:29pm |
I have seen this many times, and I am wondering what your guys' opinion on this. Of course with divorce rates so high we find couples with children in court all the time finding out what is entitled to mothers for alimony. The argument is, should SAHM's receive more alimony then WOHM's? This meaning SAHM's who have through the whole marriage stayed at home with the children while the fathers successeds in their careers. This also meaning if they are going to pursue a career after the fact is their income be significant enough compared to the EX since they have been out of the work force for years and has not gained experience in what ever career the would have pursued.
I personally know someone who went through the exsact same thing and had a hard time finding a job(with income compareable) after the divorse since she hadn't worked for 25yrs.
The question also arise, does the SAHM contribute to the Fathers success because they choose to stay home therefore they should receive a cut now that they are divorced (the same as many would if they were still married)?
Thoughts? Please state weather you are a SAHM or WOHM when you place your comments

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Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14
Jenna
Jenna
<<The one that says that divorced dads don't ever move in their pregnant girlfriend who dislikes his children and have extra expenses AND extra stress.>>
ROFLMAO .. that is one memo I definitely DID NOT get! (okay, okay .. the HWB isn't pregnant, but she did move in, she disliked children as a whole until she met him, and he is having extra expenses because of her)
Hollie
http://attach.prospero.com/n/docs/docDownload.aspx?guid=7E117344-D332-46AD-A2B2-30B19FAEACCF&webtag=iv-pssahwoh
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
I don't think you are doing your kids any favors by always placing them at the head of the line. They will never learn very important lessons if you do that. They need to learn that the needs of others must be considered. They need to learn that they are NOT the center of the universe. They need to learn to do things they don't want to do.
Jenna
Like cocoapop said, I wasn't assuming I'd get 3 or 4 days a week with kids. CLW made it sound a lot more like the kids would be gone until mom got her financial act together, with a visit scattered in here or there. If mom can handle 3 or 4 days a week with kids, why would they have to go away in the first place?
Another way it would rip my heart out would be that my kids didn't ask for a divorce and I'm sure I would be thinking about how I could have prevented the situation in the first place. I'm assuming I would also be feeling guilty that my kids had to go away and experience the upheaval of a divorce.
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