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In reply to the discussion: Stay-at-Home Mom Facing Divorce? Don't Expect Alimony - Forbes article [View all]TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)Even in the 70's, 80's, and 90's when I worked at DOL I interviewed a lot of woman stay at home and even working women who went through a late divorce. They were all royally screwed. And the worst was the stay at homes had a bleak future facing them as far as long term economic security. Even with alimony laws a lot of males went home free and paid nothing. And there was pretty ineffective enforcement.
Today we have maintenance laws but they are unevenly enforced. What makes it worse if the white makes as a class have seen a drop in income and can barely support themselves.
This latest trend if particularly troubling because the job market is so bad that there is little prospect of making a decent income in a now low wage economy. Plus so many jobs are only part time. Even experienced people are competing for what was once "throw away" jobs or "food stamps". I.E. Jobs you can actually work full time and still qualify for food stamps.