Will I have to pay my husband alimony if we divorce?
Number one: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. If you can get him to refuse, in writing, to go to marital counseling, that's important. It's part of showing that the marriage is "irretrievably broken" and he won't work to fix it. Like, in an email or something. Get an attorney's advice about what's admissable, but being able to prove that in court could be key. Do y'all have children together? It doesn't sound like it. Here, at least (in Georgia), alimony awards are rare for "normal" people, and then they're almost always for the parent who gets the kids who wasn't working BECAUSE he or she was the primary childcare provider. NOT just because some guy didn't get a job. Or they're used as a punitive device in the rare for-cause divorce case, especially when there's a big difference in the two people's incomes or potential incomes. In some cases, it's a quid-pro-quo thing, like where the wife worked to put her husband through school and he became a doctor, and now the judge is making the husband support the wife while she finishes her education, too. Since your husband knows you don't have much anyway, do you really think he's going to come after you? I'm not a lawyer, of course, but I'd talk to a lawyer to see what would happen if I just moved out, or kicked him out. Keep an eye on him and see if he hooks up with somebody else to live off of, then file for divorce for cause (adultery). Then you could be sure you wouldn't have to support him. Good luck!
The wife wants a divorce but makes more money. Does she pay alimony?
Depends on so many factors. Does the husband’s attorney petition for alimony and show reason for it to be granted? Does the judge agree with that argument? Do the laws of that particular municipality support spousal maintenance in general? How long have the couple been married? Did the husband provide demonstrable domestic work instead of working more hours, benefitting the marriage and the household? I am sure that in some cases, the husband would be granted maintenance.I know a couple in which the woman works and the man doesn’t. He stays home with the daughter and does volunteer work. He does the housework and cooks and makes muffins and writes thank you cards and does all of the things that are generally attributed to the “woman’s role.” They have been married for over 20 years. I would bet that if they get divorced, all the gods forbid (they are friends of mine and I love them), he would be awarded maintenance. Well, they live in Ireland now so whatever Irish law says about that would mitigate that expectation.
If it's the wife who demands a divorce, does the man have to pay alimony?
Yes, even if the wife has initiated the divorce, the husband may require to pay the alimony, but it is subject to certain conditions.One may have a doubt in mind whether your matter falls under such a situation or not, just dial +91-9811782573 or send an email to get in connection with the divorce consultants.Paying or not paying alimony is dependent on two situations. One, the economic status of the wife, whether she is able to maintain herself or not, two even if she is able to maintain herself, the husband wishing to give her alimony. When the legal consultant presents before that she is not capable to maintain herself, the court obviously passes the order for alimony.There are several reasons which the court consider before determining whether to pass the alimony order or not. They are as follows:Economic status of the wife: The economic status of the wife is considered while passing an order of alimony. If the wife is able to maintain herself, then the husband can file for denial through his divorce lawyer. Even if she is not doing a job, but is qualified enough to do one, the court instructs her to find out employment as soon as possible, and a fixed sum of alimony shall be allowed to sustain a livelihood till she finds out a job.The necessity of the wife: The wife might be working and earning a good amount of salary, but she has various liabilities like aged parents, child, or medical requirements. If her income is not enough to fulfil all the necessities, she is eligible to get alimony from her husband.Economic status of the husband: When the wife demands alimony, but the husband is not capable enough to pay that. The husband can discuss with the legal consultant and ask the court to reject such petition for alimony.The wife has cheated/remarried: If the wife has caused adultery, or being in a serious relationship with someone else, or got married or getting married soon; then the alimony petition shall not be accepted by the Court.Thus, for all these, it is clear that you need to consult your situation and case with an eminent lawyer. As every case is different from each other, it is very necessary to do a good study of the case.
Why must a man or woman risk money in marriage (divorce) that's supposed to be based on love?
From my own “divorce” experience in USA , what I learned:The only reason SHE loves you (man) , because she wanna live a “Life-Style” , she can not afford to do by her own hands or her own hard work.My ex-wife was born & raised in India. She took all the legal advantages (abuse) in USA during divorce .Marriage is a business & financial legal “contract” paper & court document , which is enforceable by government , police & justice department.marriage & divorce —- both benefited Women in USA. The divorce laws are more favorable to women.If you plan to marry any woman ( regardless of ethnicity) , keep in mind , SHE can legally walk away any moment with your 50% of assets ( you worked for your whole life) , child support, alimony & if you were married for 10 years , she will get half of your Retirement.Divorce courts only distribute & enforce the financial responsibility It does not matter whose fault. To get a divorce , BOTH do not need to agree . One spouse can get divorce through court.Men (USA) with “money & good career” must think twice before marriage until the biased Divorce-law changed.Only Poor-Men can marry being “Fearless” , because poor men have “Nothing” to lose in Divorce court / settlement .64% of Prenuptial agreements were thrown out by Judges , during Divorce settlement (court).It is easy for a woman to “manipulate” a naive, emotional , simple minded man. A woman can be a great actor.
California divorce; can a cheating wife get alimony and half of everything?
Feb 18 at 1:42 PM Wife of 10-15 years cheated with multiple guys and then left her husband for an older man. She lied, cheated and even stole prescription drugs from the family on numerous occasions. The husband didn't want the divorce and tried hard to save the marriage with counseling but she still kept cheating so now the divorce is proceeding. Nothing has been filed yet. Wife wants to marry her boyfriend and get a house with him. The wife doesn't work and only collects disability, the boyfriend works but jumps from job to job and still lives with his mom. The husband is very stable, he works hard and is paid good money with benefits and retirement. Wife wants half of her husbands pension, plus alimony, and child support. In most divorces in California everything is split 50/50. Because the wife wants the divorce so she can run away with her boyfriend, can she really get half of everything? Also, Its very possible that the wife's new boyfriend is behind a lot of this and scheming things because at the beginning of split the wife didn't want anything and now she's broke without her husbands money and her boyfriend is broke too because he has never been able to hold onto a job or be independent enough to have a place of his own. She's started to ask for valuables so that she can sell them for cash (either for money to survive or drugs)
Do women ever pay alimony to her husband after a divorce?
Yes they do. It is income based, not gender based.This is something all women must know if they marry a man with a lower income, or if the woman becomes financially successful during the marriage.In the event of divorce, she is on the hook for support.Thankfully, support is usually temporary and is also based on the length of the marriage.So my advice is definitely not to remain in an unsatisfactory marriage as a high earning female.An acquaintance and her husband were “married” for 20 years, but lived together like roommates. There were no children.During that time, she had her own business, worked very hard and had saved up close to a million dollars.Suddenly at age 60, he decides he doesn’t want to play the charade anymore.Guess what happened to that money.The morale of the story is not stay in a “no sex” marriage. Which are much more common that you think.
Why does a man always have to pay alimony in divorce or annulment cases to his wife and why not vice versa?
All the answers for this question assume that the divorce happened because of mutual consent. That is not always true. There are women who don’t just want to be in marriage probably because they don’t want to make the required efforts to make the marriage success and so they desert the husband and live with their parents. And then they file false cases against the husband putting up all sort of false allegations. The husbands find it difficult to fight the cases which sap all the energy of the husbands who could have otherwise concentrated on their work as the judiciary works in an extremely lazy way and they find the lawyers very much crooked and the judiciary supports more women even as women make false allegations against men. In this situation, many husbands opt to ‘buy’ their freedom accepting to give some alimony for their erring wives and thus ‘buy’ divorce also. Thus women have shown here that they don’t love their husbands but only love the husband’s money. This is the situation in which when the husband is forced to give alimony, he finds it unfair. The alimony exchange comes up here because the woman is not prepared to do the needful for the success of the marriage and her greedy parents are encouraging for breaking the marriage.
Does anyone believe that the marriage strike being used by men today will further hurt the familes today.?
Really didn't know there was a strike on marriage. Personally i thought it was an individual choice thing and not some cooperate ideology against marriage. What union developed this strike and do men that cross the picket line get sanctioned. ayfr Edit 2/24/2008 if that is why you are striking then you need to do something about it. Run for state office and get the laws changed in your state. Life isn't always fair and sometimes you have to do what works for your benefit.