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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Sister was married for close to twenty years.

When she divorced, she got 1/2 of what her husband earns plus 1/2 his retirement.

The alimony is forever unless she re-marries.
She lives in CA which is hugely a property state.[/quote]

The state should compel her to work the same number of hours per week as her ex husband. Even if that’s a minimum wage Walmart job, it is unconscionable to think that a State can force a man to work while a woman does no work. Regardless of how great she might have once been as a SAHM, once those child duties are complete (ie kids are in school full time) she has NOT done anything to earn a lifetime of free income with zero work hours. [/quote]

Uhhh...and most divorced SAH spouses DO go back to work.  They need health insurance and they have bills to pay like everyone else does.  They also get alimony to help them make ends meet plus half of the marital assets.  They don't just get kicked to the curb while the bread winning spouse keeps it all. That's not the way it works.  [/quote]

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