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About 10% as of 2015[1]: > Unlike child support, which is common when divorcing couple has kids, alimony awards have always been very rare, going from about 25
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About 10% as of 2015[1]:
> Unlike child support, which is common when divorcing couple has kids, alimony awards have always been very rare, going from about 25 percent of cases in the 1960s to about 10 percent today, said Judith McMullen, a professor of law at Marquette University. In one study of Wisconsin cases, she found it was only 8.6 percent.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0T61O8/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0T61O8/