Comments on: Custodial Dad Says He Paid $100,000+ in Alimony to Working Ex-Wife, Received no CS http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/14/custodial-dad-says-he-paid-100000-in-alimony-to-working-ex-wife-received-no-cs/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/14/custodial-dad-says-he-paid-100000-in-alimony-to-working-ex-wife-received-no-cs/#comment-160804 zach Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:34:36 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/14/custodial-dad-says-he-paid-100000-in-alimony-to-working-ex-wife-received-no-cs/#comment-160804 mark, please. glenn, totally agree with the thrust here, but 100k over 26 years?  not exactly breaking the bank.  although with 5 kids and being a plumber... and i suppose you could make the argument that $4k/yr seems so unrelated to "support" when the other spouse has a paying job (and no child support!) that it really becomes like a punishment for being divorced. mark,

please.

glenn,

totally agree with the thrust here, but 100k over 26 years?  not exactly breaking the bank.  although with 5 kids and being a plumber…

and i suppose you could make the argument that $4k/yr seems so unrelated to "support" when the other spouse has a paying job (and no child support!) that it really becomes like a punishment for being divorced.

]]> By: Mark Shaw http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/14/custodial-dad-says-he-paid-100000-in-alimony-to-working-ex-wife-received-no-cs/#comment-160783 Mark Shaw Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:26:25 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/14/custodial-dad-says-he-paid-100000-in-alimony-to-working-ex-wife-received-no-cs/#comment-160783 Stories like this represent one of many reasons so many people are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childfree" rel="nofollow">childfree</a>. It's just too much damn trouble, with too much potential liability, for so little probable return. Thus it is that Western Civilization sinks beneath the waves. Stories like this represent one of many reasons so many people are childfree. It’s just too much damn trouble, with too much potential liability, for so little probable return.

Thus it is that Western Civilization sinks beneath the waves.

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