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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Did you have a point?
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Hang in there - I understood exactly what you meant and agree completely.
Luvthebabes' post, "no one loves their job that much," demonstrates a complete lack of understanding that working isn't just for the money.
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I know first hand that divorce can lead to poverty and the kids suffer. But your solution is to plunge dad into poverty as well. How does that solve anything?
If mom had finsihed her educationa nd worked before having kids so that she had marketable skills, and if mom had taken the effort to maintain her skills even while SAH, she wouldn't be in this problem.
But instead, you want her bad planning to be an excuse to transfer dad's income to her, so even after divorce he still supports her financially?
So paying alimony now to let mom get a higher paying job will NOT reduce the CS payments owed later in any way.
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