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10/16 Man wants to stop paying alimony b/c ex-wife is now a man: http://tinyurl.com/jkbol (baynews9.com) \_ how do we know the experience of divorce didn't cause this person to want to become a man? he still must pay.. [formatd] \_ If there are no children, what is the purpose of alimony? Do payments stop after a specified time? \_ obReadWikipedia |
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tinyurl.com/jkbol -> www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/10/4/188057.html?title=To%20pay%20or%20not%20to%20pay This photo shows Lawrence Roach and his wife before their divorce- and before her sex change operation. A Seminole man is fighting to stop alimony payments to his ex-wife because the woman is now a man. Lawrence Roach says his ex-wife has had a sex change and is now living as a man with a new identity. Roach says he should be allowed discontinue $1,200 in monthly alimony payments. "You know, I'm a man and I don't want to be paying alimony to a man. If you can't be married to a man legally, how can you legally pay alimony to a man?" Roach and his ex-wife, who Bay News 9 is not identifying, divorced 18 months ago after being married for more than 17 years. Roach said he should no longer have to make alimony payments because his ex-wife is no longer the person he married. Bay News 9 legal analyst Joe Episcopo doubts that Roach will win his battle. "Alimony is based on their relationship while they were married, not after the marriage is over." Episcopo said unless Roach's ex-wife remarries or one of them dies he's required by law to pay alimony for life. |