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Leatherneck |
I love this. Thankfully my divorce was amicable so I don’t have a lifetime alimony payment. I couldn’t believe when my lawyer told me such a thing existed. To me the idea of paying a woman for the rest of her life is absolutely absurd. My alimony runs out when my kids turn 18 and graduate HS, or if she gets remarried. The idea that a woman can remarry and still get money from her ex is truly unbelievable to me. DeSantis has done another great thing for Florida and I hope he stays. Although I got screwed by President Trump on alimony and have to pay taxes on it (instead of how it used to be where the recipient paid the taxes) I still want Trump to be POTUS and DeSantis stay here. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/...ent-alimony/3064096/
A death sentence. Yup. And she knows 3000 republicans who will switch to democrats now. Bullshit. If you think that your ex should support you for life then you weren’t a republican anyway. Republicans believe in personal responsibility and getting a payment for life isn’t that. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | ||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Wasn't someone just recently saying DeSantis would be able to pull all the middle-aged women that Trump has supposedly lost as a voting base? ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Leatherneck |
Maybe. This might lose a few. But it’s the right thing to do and I celebrate people who do things that are right instead of worrying about votes. Same with the SCOTUS decision on Roe to me. If not murdering babies means we lose a few votes, the lives of the babies are worth it. To me at least. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
For what it's worth, I agree with you and with this. I forgot it was you who was saying that, so I apologize, I wasn't trying to be a dick. I think it may hurt him with that demographic some, but it is the right thing to do. Men have been getting the shit end of the stick in divorce for a long time. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Leatherneck |
No worries at all P220. We had a back and forth a bit ago and I know we have a mutual respect despite some differences in opinions. Your feedback is always welcome. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Honky Lips |
Come again? you have to pay taxes on money you're handing over to an ex? What kind of justification are they using for that? | |||
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Leatherneck |
So I don’t know, but my assumption is that the government, regardless of who is POTUS, doesn’t actually want to lose money, so as an offsetting measure the “Trump tax cuts” changed the rules on alimony payouts. If you got divorced before 2019, the recipient paid taxes, which is as it should be IMO. But after 2018 the payer pays taxes and cannot deduct that expense anymore. Obviously from a government standpoint it makes sense as my effective tax rate is significantly higher than my ex-wife’s, and I’d assume that case for most people paying alimony to their ex. I estimate that I’m paying around 5 grand in taxes on money she is getting, whereas she’d only pay about 1500 in taxes if she claimed it as income. I don’t know how much she actually makes at her job so that’s all a guess, but I think it’s a pretty good one. So the government gets to pocket roughly $3500 more. So yeah, it’s not much of a tax cut for me. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Member |
She's part of the problem. People like her, are the reason why such a law was passed. Good chance she did little to change or, improve, her situation after the divorce, other than making sure she was living within the budget of her monthly payments. If she was more dirty, she'd hustle herself into a series of other relationships and get a sugar daddy to 'sponsor' her... while also collecting alimony. | |||
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Member |
I just went through this, long term marriage, kids over 18. Yes the tax law was changed, now if you pay ‘maintenance’ it’s after-tax $$, no deducting anything. I ended up doing a ‘lump-sum’ payout, may not be right for everyone. In my case it’s over, in stone, no coming back to go after pay increases. In WI 98% of the payers are men, just a statistic, most know how it ends up that way. Look at some of the ‘rules’, somewhat patronizing to 98% women. I’m talking about remarriage they would lose maintenance, also with 10+ years married they can collect SS on EX spouses earnings. That is again if they don’t get remarried. | |||
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Leatherneck |
I have a unique situation because I travel a lot for work. I had a buddy who traveled like I do and almost never saw his kids, because despite having partial custody, his ex had a strict schedule and if he was out of town during his scheduled time, she wouldn’t let him see the kids when he came back home. My lawyer told me we could fight my arrangement and almost certainly win so that my alimony and child support was less. But he told also me that if we fought the money side, she could legally be a bitch on the custody side. I don’t think she would be a bitch about it because she’s a good person, but I didn’t want to risk it. He asked me if I cared more about my relationship with her and the kids, or about the money. So I’m paying more than I should and it’s okay with me because she is super cool about me seeing the kids whenever I can and has always been extremely flexible with my schedule. But if she gets remarried there is absolutely no chance that I’m paying to support her and her new husband. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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