[Siamese Princess]

I disagree. In general, it's a sentence of indentured servitude to the man, and an eternal source of funds for the woman. That's the way the laws work today, at least here in New Jersey.

I have many female friends and acquitances who are divorced, with children, and all of them found, or continue to find, it difficult to make ends meet, at least until they remarry or the children are no longer dependent on them. Some of the ex-husbands simply refuse to pay child support. I also know of a few cases of good, responsible men who were hosed by vindictive ex-wives. Good men and women suffer because of bad men and women.

[sauropod]

"Some of the ex-husbands simply refuse to pay child support."

Not possible in the Age of Clinton. He made it so your paycheck gets garnished (regardless of whether or not you were faithful in your CS payments).