Maintenance Payments - Is This A New Thing? (marriage, women, love)
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My friend is getting divorced. In addition to alimony, she is asking for $2,000/month for "maintenance" - hair appointments, getting manicures and pedicures, new clothes, etc. She is furious that her ex-to-be is fighting against that.
Does that sound odd, or is it just me? Since when are "maintenance" payments, in addition to alimony, considered acceptable in a divorce?
obviously divorce is a state law kind of thing... one of the first google results:
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As enunciated by the Wisconsin Supreme Court maintenance has two purposes: to provide for the support of a former spouse and assure fairness in terms of economic resources after a divorce. The starting point for a maintenance calculation is to equalize the earning capacity of two parties. Thus, if one spouse was earning $100,000 and the other nothing, maintenance might be ordered in the amount of $50,000. And if this was a divorce for people who had been married for more than a generation, and had raised children, the non working spouse might receive such maintenance for life. But when both spouses work, and the marriage is 10 years or less, rarely does maintenance completely equalized the income and it may be for a relatively short duration.
No, this is not a new concept by any means. While divorce specifics vary by state, what you are speaking of is commonly known as 'keeping one in a style to which they have become accustomed to.' This generally transpires in decisions throughout the marriage on what each partner provides and wants from the other. If the couple frequented a country club per se and required her to 'maintenance' - hair, clothing and any other appropriate accommodation - and the man agreed throughout the marriage to provide that 'maintenance' and even desired it from her then she could be awarded that and sometimes even the country club membership paid is considered a maintenance payment. There is also Rehabilative Maintenance and that would cover these types of expenses while an ex spouse sought an education and job.
The pendulum swings both ways on this and can be awarded to the man. Again, it depends on the decisions made throughout the marriage by each party as to what they would provide.
No, this is not a new concept by any means. While divorce specifics vary by state, what you are speaking of is commonly known as 'keeping one in a style to which they have become accustomed to.' This generally transpires in decisions throughout the marriage on what each partner provides and wants from the other. If the couple frequented a country club per se and required her to 'maintenance' - hair, clothing and any other appropriate accommodation - and the man agreed throughout the marriage to provide that 'maintenance' and even desired it from her then she could be awarded that and sometimes even the country club membership paid is considered a maintenance payment. There is also Rehabilative Maintenance and that would cover these types of expenses while an ex spouse sought an education and job.
The pendulum swings both ways on this and can be awarded to the man. Again, it depends on the decisions made throughout the marriage by each party as to what they would provide.
Yeah, see they never had kids, or went to fancy places. She's telling us (her friends) that she wants it so she can start meeting men. I can see if she was accustomed to that lifestyle, but she never actually cared for that sort of thing.
I guess it's the whole "well, I want it now because I'm going to be single and need to meet men" that gets me.
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