On a side note; I would have just lived with him. Now that they have double income, the ex-wife can go back to court and ask for more alimony. Well, it works that way for child support. I know of several people who married their spouses who had children from other marriages and the ex was able to get more child support because of the double income. So I'm GUESSING it works that same way for alimony. Anyone??? So IF this is the case, then the ex still wins.
I know it doesn't in Oklahoma for child support anyway. Sucks because we really could have used the extra money when I was growing up. We were barely making it and my dad and his new sugar mama were blowing money on things they didn't even use.
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At the risk of sounding like an idiot... what is alimony?
OMG UR AN IDIOT SCRUB!!!!!!!!!11!1!1!1!11..... lolno on a serious note it's " is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to his or her spouse before or after marital separation or divorce."
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So like child support for the ex? I don't think we have that in South Africa x_x I've literally never heard of it before
its purpose is for when a spouse specifically did not work and/or get an education as a result of the commitment to the relationship. like you get married at 18 and tis decided she stays home with the children and the man goes on to school and gets a high paying job, she becomes a dependent so in the event there needs to be a divorce she is not held hostage but instead he still has to care for her, and can come with stipulations like maybe she start going to school or something. However how it is supposed to work and what happens are not always one and the same, but that is the INTENTION for it.
Before, you only had to pay alimony if you got divorced because you just didn't want to live together anymore. But now, because of no fault laws, it doesn't matter if you were cheated on or not.
the idea behind it is good, but it is becoming obsolete as the notion that a woman stays home is becoming a thing of the past, and it is abused a fair bit. the real idea is that if say you are married for 20 years and you stayed home and cared for the children and have no job experience or learned ability to care for yourself, that you lost all that raising the family and became a dependent, and that the person who makes the real income only earned the ability to do that because of the person who kept the home in order, and thus part of that salary really does belong to the other party. i feel like when its used correctly its a right and proper thing, and i have no real idea if its abused as much as the media makes it seem, but it does at least appear to be misused a lot.
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