Divorce question

blunomore said:
Wrong. Unless she gets a job that pays a decent salary, his obligation will continue until she dies - if she dies first.
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k arguing with you is pointless, your belief is the same as my wifes was two months ago you want her number you can phone her and she can tell you how it works. Hope you never get divorced cause you are in for a little bit of a shock.
 
So if I marry a domestic worker and divorce her, I have to pay her for the rest of her life or will they make her get a cleaning job elsewhere?
 
web said:
k arguing with you is pointless, your belief is the same as my wifes was two months ago you want her number you can phone her and she can tell you how it works. Hope you never get divorced cause you are in for a little bit of a shock.
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Sorry that you do not understand the law. Good luck.
 
blunomore said:
Sorry that you do not understand the law. Good luck.
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but I do I am going through a divorce right now I have just finished negotiating the settlement agreement. So I am speaking from 1st hand experience I know what I am responsible for and my wife is not my responsibility.
 
web said:
but I do I am going through a divorce right now I have just finished negotiating the settlement agreement. So I am speaking from 1st hand experience I know what I am responsible for and my wife is not my responsibility.
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Does your wife earn a salary? How does she take of herself financially ? With what funds ?
 
web said:
but I do I am going through a divorce right now I have just finished negotiating the settlement agreement. So I am speaking from 1st hand experience I know what I am responsible for and my wife is not my responsibility.
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all us divorcees need to get together at Teezers and drown our sorrows :p
 
blunomore said:
Does your wife earn a salary? How does she take of herself financially ? With what funds ?
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She earns a salary a lot less than mine. The cost of raising the kids was worked out by the lawyers. They then factor it between the two salaries on a % and each of us must contribute our portion.
 
web said:
She earns a salary a lot less than mine. The cost of raising the kids was worked out by the lawyers. They then factor it between the two salaries on a % and each of us must contribute our portion.
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She either agreed with you to forfeit any alimony from you OR the court decided that her salary is sufficient and she is not entitled to alimony.
 
blunomore said:
What do you need explained ? Sorry if I was unclear.
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You said If he earns more than her, he has a legal obligation to support her, but then you say if she earns a decent salary, she is not entitled to alimony. I find those two statements a little contradictory.
Just because I earn more than her does not mean I should support her. I might have more financial obligations (before the divorce) than her that might make it impossible for me to support her.
 
Fuma said:
You said If he earns more than her, he has a legal obligation to support her, but then you say if she earns a decent salary, she is not entitled to alimony. I find those two statements a little contradictory.
Just because I earn more than her does not mean I should support her. I might have more financial obligations (before the divorce) than her that might make it impossible for me to support her.
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Sorry if I was unclear. We are not talking about 2 x high earners here. If you earn marginally more than her and she also earns a decent enough income, you cannot be expected to pay her anything because she can take care of herself. Does that make sense ?
 
web said:
:wtf: i give up that IS not how it works...
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Come I help you by asking you this: are you aware that there are circumstances in which a court will give an order for one party to pay alimony to the other party in a divorce case and do you know under which circumstances that will happen ?
 
blunomore said:
Sorry if I was unclear. We are not talking about 2 x high earners here. If you earn marginally more than her and she also earns a decent enough income, you cannot be expected to pay her anything because she can take care of herself. Does that make sense ?
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blunomore said:
If he earns more than her, he has a legal obligation to support her.
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I probably quoted you out of context. Which I believe a lot of lawyers' clients do, hence the disappointment of many women.
 
blunomore said:
Come I help you by asking you this: are you aware that there are circumstances in which a court will give an order for one party to pay alimony to the other party in a divorce case and do you know under which circumstances that will happen ?
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Yes there are circumstances where a one party(husband/wife) would be told to pay support to the other party I said that in an earlier post. You imply that it is the wifes right to get support for herself (on top of what is paid for the kids) I am saying it is not. She has to prove she needs support and the court will then instruct me to support her for a certain period after which she is on her own.
Yes there will be cases where this is not what is going to be what happens (say the wife is 55 years old or can't work because she is blind) what I am saying is it is not a dead certainty for a woman to get maintenance for herself from her husband.
 
web said:
Yes there are circumstances where a one party(husband/wife) would be told to pay support to the other party I said that in an earlier post. You imply that it is the wifes right to get support for herself (on top of what is paid for the kids) I am saying it is not. She has to prove she needs support and the court will then instruct me to support her for a certain period after which she is on her own.
Yes there will be cases where this is not what is going to be what happens (say the wife is 55 years old or can't work because she is blind) what I am saying is it is not a dead certainty for a woman to get maintenance for herself from her husband.
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I never said a woman will always get alimony, no matter what.

I am saying she has a right to claim it under certain circumstances.
 
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