Alimony

[jesskerch]

What is the name of your state?
I live in Ohio. What is the average percentage of income that goes to alimony payments?

 

[gooberitiz]

Hopefully NONE...as long as you get off your butt and get a JOB!

 

[jesskerch]

Don't worry about it.

First of all, you don't know my situation. Second of all, you have no right to judge my situation even if you did! On a side note, it is a sad thing when a person has time in his/her life to post criticism about something he/she obviously knows nothing about. You must be a macho son-of-a-bitch.

 

[gooberitiz]

NOPE jess:

Just the opposite, i EXPECT women to be equal, and pay their share of the bills

So in my book 99%+ dont deserve any alimony!

 

[bunky]

Jesskerch:

I am not a lawyer, but from my experience, it all depends. It is better to agree upon an amount with your ex beforehand, becasue if you don't then the judge will decide, and that judgement may not be as good for you as your pre-arranged agreement. The lawyers can write it up and give it to the judge.


Some of the things it depends on are if either of you work or not, if either of you EVER worked or not, how many years you were married, how valuable to society the wife would be without support (education, previous jobs).
The length of the marriage has a lot to do with it, but there's no single calculation such as percentage of income that determines alimony in Ohio, that I know of.

 

[jesskerch]

To Goober:

I am anxious to know your situational opinion of a man who leaves his wife of 22 years for absolutly no reason. This man thought nothing of his familyand had no true friends. His wife quit her job to support his ambitions and become a business partner. She is now left with a choice, alimony or the dissoloution of the business. This is an unshelfish act rather than one done out of spite or the inability to work. She is looking out for the intrest of the company and family she helped to build.

 

[gooberitiz]

You Still DONT deserve alimony......

You deserve a PAYCHECK each week if you are running his business. Like ANY employee would get.

Plus 1/2 of the value of the sold business.

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His wife quit her job to support his ambitions and become a business partner.


So SUFFER the consequences of your actions, millions of people have quit their jobs and start bussineses and some fail miserably.

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While I do feel sorry for you, you have been working and you do have a legal claim on the business, its YOUR fault if you didnt stash away money in the bank or retirement accounts over the years.

 

[jesskerch]

You just don't get it!

O.K. I have recieved a paycheck for the last 22 years. I have money saved in various accounts. Alimony is not the issue! The point is: I have TWO CHOICES, alimony or half the business. Why do you feel that it is more benificial to completely dissolve the business and start over, rather than just recieve a stipend of the buiness assets?

 

[jesskerch]

Plus...

This is a marriage as well as a business! All of the assets aquired throughtout the marriage have to be split. Reguardless if I had $10.00 or $10,000 in retirement, it is not entirely mine. So, your argument is not valid!

 

[annefan]

What is the name of your state?
I live in Ohio. What is the average percentage of income that goes to alimony payments?

It varies but many considerations are: length of marriage, lifestyle to which the parties of the intact marriage were accustomed to, degree of education and/or career established during the marriage and contribution toward the assets acquired during the marriage. This list is not exhaustive, however, and some states base alimony purely on a percentage of income.

 

[bunky]

Ohio is not one of the states that bases alimony purely on a percentage of income. It uses all of the other things mentioned above, although that list is not complete.

If the wife has been married for 22 years, she COULD ask for alimony for the rest of her life -not that the judge would give it to her, but I know of a woman who did ask for it (after a 17 year marriage) and instead she received 15 years of alimony equal to about 1/3 of her husband's income. Things changed over the years but that's how she started out. When she got a good job, she reported it and the alimony amount went down some, and when she re-married it ended completely. Anyway, I don't think the wife has much to worry about, especially in Ohio (except the emotional part). You'll find out that it is a big deal in the courts that the wife quit her job to support the husband's efforts.

Don't reply to this gooberhead guy. He obviously has issues. He's not replying to help you out, which is the purpose of this forum.