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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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.
Dh built airplanes for boeing after high school, so he didn't graduate college until he was 27. He graduated law school when he was 30. We both WOH fulltime, but since he has his own law practice, he sets his own schedule and comes and goes basically as he pleases. Thus, he does the morning "get ready for school" and afternoon pick up. We don't use day care. Rather, my MIL watches the younger two while dh works.
Neither dh nor I have been married before or have any other kids. We do help to raise a child who is not ours. He is 15, and I've known him since he was 4.
Does anyone out there want any more details of my life, for whatever their reasons may be?
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I agree and is what I think as well.
Misty
Again on a light note, to me and my family (very upstate NY) DC metro is practically indistinguishable from the tropics, LOL. ;-) (And yes, I've spent time there in the winter.) We had 3 consecutive days of sunny 70+ weather here recently and all virtually all DS could do was complain about the heat!
I don't necessarily agree with that.
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