Another travesty in divorce court

The Pantry · 11-04-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LA_Spartan

Because the property settlement and alimony are two different animals. Courts won't require people to invade their property settlement to pay their day to day expenses in these types of cases.

It doesn't seem fair, but you have to look at it from a completely neutral point of view and assume that both parties had an equal role in building up the marital estate and so both parties should share equally in the benefits. While Mrs. Nantz may not have been thrilled with his career choice, she was home raising the kids while he spent a significant amount of time on the road.

Not kids...one kid 15 years old. What was she doing the first 11 years beside being all-in for a seemingly cool lifestyle?

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And it works both ways. We're seeing more cases where the woman is the primary bread winner and not only are they making the same arguments of "I made the money, why do I need to split it with him", but shoving the knife in a little deeper by saying, "he's the man and he should have been the one earning all the money".

Those cases are probably few & far between but becoming more common. Not much different though...sounds like the guy gets blamed either way.