Thursday, June 21, 2012
More Female Payors of Alimony
From the Chicago Tribube:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to U.S. lawyers.
As women climb higher up the career ladder and outpace their exes in salary, when love goes wrong and marriages break up they are being compelled to contribute to the livelihood of their former spouses.
And some are not happy about it.
More than half, 56 percent, of divorce lawyers across the United States have seen an increase in mothers paying child support in the last three years and 47 percent have noted a hike in the number of women paying alimony, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
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Comments
In the past, most alimony awards provided for payments to former wives by bread winning former husbands. As the culture has changed, so that now most marriages include two wage earners, women are viewed as less dependent, and men are more likely to be primary parents, the courts and spousal support awards have kept pace. More and more, the tradition of men paying and women receiving spousal support is being eroded, and orders of alimony payments from ex-wife to ex-husband are on the rise.
Posted by: Orlando Alimony | Jul 11, 2012 9:42:08 AM
This is certainly true in Oklahoma Divorce Courts. I have wondered for some time whether the national data would support the same.
Posted by: Tulsa Lawyer | Jun 21, 2012 7:29:40 AM