Ex-Wife Must Support Man's Lifestyle

JSOnline ^ | May 27, 2008 | Marie Rohde

[wastedyears]

It goes both ways.

[SayNoToDems]

I'm a huge opponent of “no-fault” divorce as well as this “lifestyle to which he/she has become accustomed” stuff.If the husband's a drunk,an abuser,has a girlfriend,etc the wife should be able to take him to the cleaners and,conversely,if the wife is a drunk,has a boyfriend or (out of the blue) decides that she's “just not happy anymore” then he should be able to clean her out.

[Dawggie]

It is called no fault divorce. I love listening to them whine.

[hunter112]

There’s nothing wrong with no-fault divorce, the problem stems from the ancient, outdated concept of alimony.

[Hattie]

I am not implying that the man or woman in the article committed adultery, but I've seen cases where adultery was involved and the courts didn't care.

The courts don't care in a "no fault" state.

[RichInOC]

“Well, it’s Friday night and I’m calling up my honey
“([Hillary] better have my money!)”

—Mark Wahlberg

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Please also note that this case was tried with a Left-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court. Just sayin’...

We’ll see how things shake out when Judge Gableman (R, WI) is finally seated. It amazes me to see the cases that make it to our state supreme courts, but I guess if you have enough money and greedy enough lawyers, you can push anything up a steep hill.

Should divorce cases really go up the chain this far?

[mad puppy]

The result of the mediation was:
- I agreed to pay $150 for my half of the mediation
- the X agreed to plunder her 401K from an previous employer to help pay her share for our daughters college.

The funny part is the X *demanded* that a clause be added to the divorce regarding our contributions to a college fund and yet SHE failed to do it.

Keep in mind that like many X-wives any kind of defeat for her is totally unacceptable. Even on trivial items she will continue to raise the stakes utill its simply not worth it. Over the last ~15 years this was the 4th time she took me to mediation. The first time my payment went DOWN, the 2nd time it stayed the same, the 3rd time it went up. The X has paid her share for College & I haven’t paid the X ‘a dime’ in 4 years.

Ultimately the goal is to keep the daughter as the priority, maintain that relationship with her while being her father. She just finished her Sophmore year at College and is doing great. We chat-text often and though she is working up there this Summer we see her about 1/month. We are very close while she and her mother are better, but still strained.