It is legally acknowledging domestic work as a form of labor that deserves recompense which is sort of neat.
Alimony in the US is very vague and seems to be more about supporting someone until they can get into the job market versus paying someone for the labor they have given.
Edit: also this is on top of the alimony he owes her.
In a divorce, determining who owes and owns what is going to be really fucky no matter what. Even if you were to calculate and pay a domestic partner based on the amount of labor they did, what if the employed partner was able to secure a raise/promotion thanks to that support? How do you account for lost opportunities of the domestic partner for the years they spent "unemployed"? Is it substantially different if one partner came into the relationship already wealthy? Should prenups where one very wealthy partner potentially had a ton of leverage over the other be enforceable?
I don't have the answers, I just know that the divorced dad MRA types are wrong.
It is legally acknowledging domestic work as a form of labor that deserves recompense which is sort of neat.
Alimony in the US is very vague and seems to be more about supporting someone until they can get into the job market versus paying someone for the labor they have given.
Edit: also this is on top of the alimony he owes her.
In a divorce, determining who owes and owns what is going to be really fucky no matter what. Even if you were to calculate and pay a domestic partner based on the amount of labor they did, what if the employed partner was able to secure a raise/promotion thanks to that support? How do you account for lost opportunities of the domestic partner for the years they spent "unemployed"? Is it substantially different if one partner came into the relationship already wealthy? Should prenups where one very wealthy partner potentially had a ton of leverage over the other be enforceable?
I don't have the answers, I just know that the divorced dad MRA types are wrong.
Right, I'm not even going to attempt to say much on the subject of alimony for the reasons you've stated here.
I'm just saying having the courts say that you are owed pay for your labor on top of alimony is pretty cool.