8/15 I'm curious about alimony and child support. In general how long
does one pay these things? I assume child support is up until the
kid(s) are 18? As for alimony? You don't pay that for the rest of
your life do you? BDG? Do you care to comment? Thanks.
\_ The comments posted below are true, provided you get a hearing
in a court where the judge is interested in justice rather than
promoting her communist lesbian feminazi agenda despite knowing
that your ex-wife is a lying cheating heartless slut.
In some states you can get stuck paying for a long time, until
she gets married to some other poor dumb slob.
And she will her quit her job before submitting the paperwork
for a divorce so she can claim in court that you are her only
source of income thus get a bigger and longer settlement. She
will also add on charges of physical and mental abuse along
with stories of your philandering in order to get more of your
stuff, including assets which belonged to you before you two
were married.
Take my adivce, don't get married. If you do get married, get
a prenup and make a good solid trust before you get married.
And *WHEN* you get divorced, make sure who hire a better lawyer
than she does. It doesn't matter that he costs $500/hr, its
much cheaper than paying her way for the rest of your life.
\_ He's back with us! Don't stay away so long next time!
-- BDG #1 fan
\_ Is BDG one person, or a set like-minded individuals?
\_ I posted the other day, but I toned down the message
so you might have missed it.
\_ It depends on the state. In California, alimony is extremely
rare; CA is a community property state, which means that any
property acquired after the beginning of the marriage is owned
50% by each party, and will be split that way after the divorce.
Alimony only comes into play if one partner, for example,
never had a career because she stayed home to take care of the
kids. Child support is negotiable, sometimes includes college,
doesn't have to. (Are you going to delete this, too, paolo?) -tom
\_ tom, quit trolling me... 'nuff said, i leave you all to
your "discussion." - paolo
\_ Paolo are you "flaming" tom again?
\_ My buddy got nailed with 12 months of alimony, 15 years
of child support (ok, the latter was not 'nailed with').
\_ Alimony is actually not rare in California, and does not have
to do only with the reasons that Tom suggests. In general,
a "standard of living" is created during a marriage. If,
after a divorce, one party will be living at substantially
below the married standard of living than alimony may be
appropriate. For short term marriages (less than 10 years),
alimony generally has a maximum length of 50% of the time
span of the marriage, so if your buddy had a 2-year marriage,
1 year of alimony was extremely appropriate, according to the
law. If his marriage was longer, he got off easy.
Knowledge is always a solution to ignorance. Go read
"How to Do Your Own Divorce in California" by Nolo Press.
Cody's has copies. --Phillip "Edward" Nunez
\_ Heeeeey -- is Bitter Divorced Guy your alter ego???
\- so is alimony level "renegotiated" if the paying party
is laid off from $100,000+ job -> unemplyment? How about if
he/she quits? ok tnx --psb
\_ my dad was forced to go back to work after being
laid off from AT+T. (He's now at SAP). -tom |
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