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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To PP: with a super handy surgeon husband who makes probably $1mm/year you indeed have no worries. Just make sure you invest and don’t spend all the money. Alimony is peanuts - one last I know got $100k alimony for a year, while her exH made several million/year. She was 50 yo and it was in DC [/quote]

I don’t believe this unless they were married fir a year or something. A 50 year old who’s been married fir a couple decades divorcing a multimillionaire would be fine financially.
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DP here. You'd be surprised at the number of people with 7-figure incomes who don't save much. I'm guessing that might be the situation the PP is describing. High income, low savings, not a lot of assets to divvy up in the divorce.[/quote]

Exactly: the couple where exH made millions was spending on travel, timeshares, entertainment, luxury cars, art and expensive social clubs. They only have one marital home to split. The exH retained his income, and the 50yo exW went to work at $120k/year living in new home with huge mortgage. [/quote]

But alimony is based on income. Why would a court not require a more equitable split in alimony, unless there was a prenup or they'd only been married for a short time. This just doesn't make sense.[/quote]

Generally the judge expects everyone to work. There is no expectation that the exH should be maintaining exW lifestyle. Alimony is given to cover reasonable expenses, and it's temporary. Unless the divorce happens shortly pre-retirement. 
She did get the alimony of $100K for 1 year in that case, and went to work[/quote]

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