Married for a year, divorced, wife granted alimony for life... and we're supposed to feel sorry for her because she can't get the alimony payment increased 40 years later?!

outsider · 2009-09-11T01:28:32+00:00

lifetime alimony? Who in their right mind would allow that?

wanna_dance · 2009-09-11T02:50:36+00:00

Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? I kinda feel sorry for her because of the way her life's turned out. But I agree with the Judge - I don't feel sorry for her at the expense of her ex. He had very little to do with it, and it's possible that the seeds of her future mental illness and incapacity were evident and helped cause the breakdown of their marriage.

yqhardiel · 2009-09-11T06:52:43+00:00

I'll rot in jail before I ever pay a dime for alimony.

Taratis · 2009-09-11T03:27:04+00:00

While seeming to ignore the part of the marital oath that states "in sickness and in health" in his ruling, Cooper gave a faint nod toward "until death do us part" by ordering Leonard S. to continue to make the $100 a week alimony payment until either he or Jan died.

I love how selective he is with marriage vows. Is he going to attack every person who divorces ever?

Oliverotto · 2009-09-11T09:36:59+00:00

Do you _________, in the presence of God and these assembled witnesses, promise to pay alimony and child support, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and in adversity, to this woman whose right hand you now hold? Do you promise to be to her in all things a true and faithful slave, to be devoted unto her, and to her only, as long as life shall last? And do you take her to be your lawful, wedded master, as long as you both shall live? Do you?

Marriage isn't forever anymore, but alimony will probably be.

AnnArchist · 2009-09-11T14:51:44+00:00

She is the definition of worthless.

Shes homeless yet gets 5,200 / year for doing nothing. She could have an apartment. She could have a lot of things. She chose to be an absolutely waste of a human being.

rmbarnes · 2009-09-11T23:32:37+00:00

I feel sorry for the women because she is mentally ill and can't take care of herself, but I don't feel sorry for her not getting the alimony. This man owes her nothing. If she's mentally ill and cant work the state should take care of her.

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