Fine by mean, but if the wife stays at home throughout most of her productive working life while the husband puts in the hours to get promoted and a better standard of living, is the woman supposed to start her career at 40 at minimum wage with no work skills???
depends on who initiates the divorce....if the woman wants out of the marriage, then get out and make it on your own
Having no skills doesn't seem to be a problem with most women in the workforce.
RE “ is the woman supposed to start her career at 40 at minimum wage with no work skills???”
I agree and thats what no-fault divorce got us. Once the kids are overage the husband can dump his wife.
If I were to divorce my wife of 22 years, who has stayed at home and raised our 5 children? Alimony would be the least of what I feel I’d owe her.
Therein lies the rub.
Generally a short marriage gets no alimony. In fact the most is rehabilitative alimony after at least five years.
(get appartment, deposists etc.)
Why we talk about 20+ year marriages don’t forget that pensions get divided, assets get divided too. Often by that time the careers are on the way to over. There are no kids to raise.
I think was should happen without any exception is that alimony should NOT be allowed to be permanent. It should have a max time even if it is 20 years. There should also be absolute cut offs when the relationships move on. IOW if the exwife has a boyfriend who cohabits then the alimony ends. (with or without marriage)
*giggle*
Sorry, heh, heh, heh.