Sometimes it reverses though.....
Rachel Ray is having to pay her unfaithful husband a huge settlement in their divorce.
Which is stupid, and why we should do away with no-fault divorce. If a man has been married to a woman for a length of time, of course he should have to pay alimony, but if either party commits adultery or something comparable, they shouldn’t be rewarded for it.
FYI..in most no-fault divorces states, the term of art now is "maintenance"..and NOT alimony...Maintenance is payment for a set number of years..usually 5..to allow the spouse..in most cases the wife..to transition to her new life. Also, maintenance is NOT tax deductible to the payor, whereas alimony is, ( and also thus taxable as income to the recipient ) In reality, in many states with a high tax rate...where the spouse hadn't worked, and the top combined tax rate was around 50%+..the governemtn in effect subsidized half of the alimony payments.... Most studies of divorce, where there are young children who remain with the mother, have shown that the male (wage-earner's) lifestyle INCREASES after the divorce, whereas the wife and kids decrease greatly...
Rachel Ray is having to pay her unfaithful husband a huge settlement in their divorce.
I'm sure he earned every penny by putting up with her.
Rachel Ray is getting divorced? Didn’t she just get married?