Family
Aug. 30, 2006
Courts Have Let Spousal Support Become the Dole of Divorce
Spousal support, as it is now referred to, is intended to be a stream of payments from one spouse to the other to enable the other spouse to become self-sufficient.
By Fred Silberberg
Spousal support, as it is now referred to, is intended to be a stream of payments from one spouse to the other to enable the other spouse to become self-sufficient. The idea behind spousal support, as it was originally conceived, was to provide one spouse with a means by which he or she would be able to live while taking the steps necessary to provide for his or her own support at a date in the future. T...
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