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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Laura
"When they do go back to work, the families often also juggle the school breaks, hours etc. just like you will have to. "
No, actually, once the kids are too old for a nanny, we'll have an au pair/housekeeper/driver so we won't have to juggle anything.
Nothing's guaranteed of course, but if we want to retire on time, we're best off sticking with our current jobs and building up our 401ks.
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Good post.
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"Nothing's guaranteed of course, but if we want to retire on time, we're best off sticking with our current jobs and building up our 401ks."
Sure, assuming your jobs are absolutely safe, your 401ks don't go belly up the way they did for a large number of people in the dotcom crash, neither one of you gets chronically or terminally ill, one of the kids doesn't get chronically or terminally ill...etc....etc. Do you really think you are immune to the fortunes of life?
Laura
I learned long ago to get rid of the 50/50 paradigm. We've been together long enough to know each other's strengths and weaknesses, and luckily we have enough disposable income to outsource jobs if neither one of us truly feels like doing it -- we have a lawn service, for instance, because he hates yard work, and I couldn't take it on without letting something else go that I enjoy more.
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