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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very few people are awarded permanent alimony now. Now it’s only awarded in cases where there was a long term marriage and there’s a large disparity in earning potential (not just prior earnings), typically when a couple has lived the lifestyle of one parent staying home while the other one earns a most/all of the income, for a substantial period of time.

In a case where a couple has been married for 7 years and they have two children (let’s say 5 and 2), and when the first kid was born, the man earned $250,000 and the woman earned $175,000, but she dropped out of the workforce to be a SAHM, and the man now earns $320,000, but now they’re divorcing, the woman will get some child support (assuming she’ll have custody of the kids at least half the time) and might get alimony for a brief period until she’s back in the workforce, but she’s finished being a SAHM and will be expected to earn a salary commensurate with her previous earning history. She would not be able to take on a part-time hobby job and receive alimony that allows her to maintain the same lifestyle she enjoyed while married even in the short term, let alone indefinitely.

Permanent alimony is becoming rarer and rarer. You’re mostly going to see it where people were married 20+ years and one partner out earned the other by such a wide margin that the disparity in their lifestyles would be unconscionable (in the eyes of the presiding judge) without alimony. Alimony is now mostly considered a short term measure to help the lower earner transition to financial independence.

TL;DR  This bill is addressing a situation that is increasingly rare. It’s patronage for wealthy male campaign donors at best and misogyny at worst. It’s a new iteration of Welfare Queens, except these women weren’t even supported by tax dollars.[/quote]

I looked into it, and this situation apparently pertains to only about 3000 people nationwide. But, the people it affects are pretty easy to sympathize with-- really old ladies who can't work, or are disabled. It sounds like they can still be awarded spousal support through a court order, even without the legal framework of "permanant alimony."  So it seems like it is tackling an almost non existent issue with a cure that doesnt actually work, but something must have motivated them. [/quote]

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