Tag: alimony
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Lifetime alimony should be abolished
Permanent spousal support reflects an economy and a marriage model that no longer exist. The case for retiring lifetime alimony in favor of bounded support.
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Alimony is outdated in dual-income America
Alimony was built for an era when one spouse earned and one didn’t. With most marriages now dual-income, the legal framework increasingly produces strange outcomes.
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Imputed income rulings are routinely fantasy math
Family courts impute earning capacity using assumptions that often ignore actual labor markets. Here’s why imputed income rulings frequently miss reality.
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Stay-at-home parents get screwed in divorce no matter how the case goes
Divorce courts try to be fair to stay-at-home parents but the math, the labor market, and the law combine to leave them worse off either way. Here’s why.