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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The old saying is, “It’s cheaper to keep her.” [/quote]

But you only get a 50% say in that. She can leave (and get cash and prizes for doing so) no matter what you want.[/quote]

No one wants to get a divorce.  She doesn’t get cash and prizes.  She also loses half of her retirement and access to your entire household income.

The only way a woman would come out financially ahead in divorce vs remaining married would be if her husband was hoarding money away and denying her access to it.

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How does she lose half her retirement? Marital retirement assets are split 50/50.

She [i]should [/i]lose "access to your entire income" but instead she gets a disproportionate share of it under the fig leaf of "child support".

It is undeniable that women benefit financially from divorce, otherwise women (who are not stupid) would not initiate 75% of divorces.[/quote]

Okay.  If you want to say that splitting assets 50/50 means that no one loses any of their savings or retirement accounts, then I will agree with you.

And she went from having access to 100% of your income to 25% of it or whatever, depending on the situation.  So it’s LESS.  
The only way women have access to more money post divorce is if they didn’t have access to a large portion of marital money while they were married.

Right now, my husband makes $20k/month and I make $10k/month.  I don’t know the rules on child support and alimony, but let’s say that we split the kids 50/50 and he has to pay me $5k/month.  
Now, I have to run my household on $15k/month when I used to have access to $30k/month.

The only way it’s a financial advantage to me to have $15k/month instead of $30k/month is if I didn’t actually have any say in how money was spent when we were married or a large portion of it was locked away.  [/quote]

You wouldn't get $5K a month and you make plenty alone to support your kids.  [/quote]

I get that.  I have supported my family on my own before.  
I thought about changing the numbers, but I didn’t feel like it.  [/quote]

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