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Not to judge too much, but that sounds more like the outcome of a crappy relationship rather than a universal experience. Not exactly related, but ... I will a
by aftbit 2y ago
Not to judge too much, but that sounds more like the outcome of a crappy relationship rather than a universal experience.
Not exactly related, but ... I will admit, I'm occasionally mind-boggled by family court. Male rape victims have been made to pay child support because its not the child's fault that his mother was a criminal.[1][2]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_fatherhood#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_fatherhood#United_State...
- beaglesss 2y agoChild support is nearly universally enforced at least on paper. The incentive is to divorce quickly after a high earner scales back to lock in the high imputed income. You see sky high divorces in recently unemployed persons as spouses scramble to lock in CS and alimony against their recent earnings. These are the acts of calculated actors getting in on the take as incomes reduce, to lock in the income stream.
- hollerith 2y agoImportant if true. What is your evidence?
- beaglesss 2y agoStudies such as this for example show highly elevated divorce risk after forms of layoff or termination. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-020-09506-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-020-09506-x
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoWouldn’t that most likely be due to the increased stress on the relationship of reduced income?