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Office debate picking up off a story in the national media today: The marriage lasted five years. Should alimony last a lifetime?

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 24 '17, 07:21

We've made it that divorce is a normal, rational act in society, except we're still projecting a lifetime value onto the marriage through alimony settlements without sunset clauses. Is that right?

What say you ST?

Responses:

No, I don't think lifetime spousal support should be a thing in most cases. - Beryllium Mar 24, 07:48
i do believe it needs to be case by case, but my personal feeling is that lifetime alimony would be the wrong decision in the overwhelming majority of - Andie Mar 24, 07:33
It's really up to what the parties agree and what the court decides. -- nm - Roger More Mar 24, 07:31 5
- This is the point of the discussion. He's 45. The marriage was a mistake. No pre-nup, so it came down to the judge and he said lifetime alimony. - Name Withheld by Request Mar 24, 07:40 4
  - The general answer is 'no', and in this specific case on the facts in Blatchford's article, I'd support varying the court order. - Roger More Mar 24, 08:10
  - some decrees have alimony end if the person receiving it remarries. Was this part of the deal? -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 07:55 1
    - Doesn't look like the article mentions that. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 24, 08:04
  - (And to be clear, this isn't child support payments. Just spousal support.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Mar 24, 07:41
Depends on circumstances. In some marriages, a man would not have gotten his degree without the wife's help. Without the degree, his lifetime income - mara Mar 24, 07:29
lifetime? no way, no how. -- nm - decline Mar 24, 07:23

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