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Wives Find Themselves On the Giving End of Spousal Support

By Denver Divorce Lawyer on October 28, 2009

With more and more women finding themselves as the primary wage earners in their respective families, it is becoming a more common occurrence that divorcing husbands are on the receiving end of spousal support payments. An abcnews.go.com article recently talked about the growing trend of women being required to pay spousal support to their former husbands. While some of the women cited in the article don’t mind the payments, there are still others that don’t see such a financial arrangement as being in their best interest.

According to the article, the number of men receiving alimony payments has almost doubled in the 10-year period of 1998-2008. That is, whereas only 7,000 men reportedly received alimony payments from their ex-wives in 1998, 13,000 men received payment in 2008. With the job market depleting, and more and more men finding themselves out of work, it stands to reason that wives who have managed to hold onto their jobs find themselves more likely to have to pay some sort of support to their former spouses, especially when those wives were making higher salaries than their former husbands were in the first place. Furthermore, the article also points out that men are now more comfortable with asking for spousal support from their ex-wives, and that the stigma associated with men having to ask for such payments is slowly fading away as the years pass.

The poor economic climate, and the depletion of jobs predominantly held by men, such as those in the construction industry and finance, has created a greater population of men finding themselves with significantly less income or no income stream at all. As consequence, the need for an experienced Colorado spousal support attorney has never been greater.

The skilled attorneys at Kaplan Law, LLC represent all types of divorce cases. If you are going through a divorce, you’ll need someone on your side that will fight for your best interests at all times. Denver’s family law attorneys at Kaplan Law, LLC understand how stressful such situations can be, and work towards making divorce proceedings not only as equitable as possible, but also as stress-free for everyone involved. Please call Kaplan Law, LLC today at 1-877-527-5206 for more information about divorce, alimony payments, and your options.

Source:http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/role-reversal-wives-angry-paying-alimony/story?id=8662940