Re:What do premarital experiences have to do with marital qu...
by cafard on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @01:47PM
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What proportion of divorces include alimony? My impression was that it was pretty small.
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Re:What do premarital experiences have to do with marital qu...
by CrazyStat on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @01:52PM
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About 10% as of 2015[1]:
> Unlike child support, which is common when divorcing couple has kids, alimony awards have always been very rare, going from about 25 percent of cases in the 1960s to about 10 percent today, said Judith McMullen, a professor of law at Marquette University. In one study of Wisconsin cases, she found it was only 8.6 percent.
Re:What do premarital experiences have to do with marital qu...
by bill_joy_fanboy on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:15PM
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My guess would be that this would depend on income bracket.
My worry if divorced would be splitting up my retirement savings. Alimony would probably be comparatively cheap.
Still, most people who get divorced probably have nothing to divide and no income to divert to the poorer spouse.
If you look at mid-to-high-income homes, I bet alimony goes up.
Re:What do premarital experiences have to do with marital qu...
by cafard on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:32PM
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Yes, in community property states, money and property acquired during the term of a marriage get split--but this is not restricted to money and property acquired by the husband.