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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 622737" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>From what I understand of alimony (and this comes from my parents divorce) is that much of it depends on the length of the marriage. If you are married under 10 years, well you are pretty much out of luck. However my parents were married for just over 30 years and my mother became a pretty much stay at home mom for most of my life. She did work part time from the time I was 12 until I was 17 but that really didnt count for much. </p><p></p><p>In their divorce assets were split in mostly my mother's favor and she got alimony until she became eligible for social security. She was able to get a larger amount of social security than she would have on her own because she could claim under my father's account. My mother also got half the proceeds of the sale of the marital home, one of our cars, several of the larger CD's and a good bit of money my mom had started taking out of the bank before she filed for divorce. The only thing my dad was allowed to completely keep was his retirement income. Now my parents were married in the 50's and they were divorced in the early 80s. At that time my parents were in their early 60's I believe. My father continued working until he was 76 I believe. Maybe 78. Its hard to remember now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 622737, member: 1514"] From what I understand of alimony (and this comes from my parents divorce) is that much of it depends on the length of the marriage. If you are married under 10 years, well you are pretty much out of luck. However my parents were married for just over 30 years and my mother became a pretty much stay at home mom for most of my life. She did work part time from the time I was 12 until I was 17 but that really didnt count for much. In their divorce assets were split in mostly my mother's favor and she got alimony until she became eligible for social security. She was able to get a larger amount of social security than she would have on her own because she could claim under my father's account. My mother also got half the proceeds of the sale of the marital home, one of our cars, several of the larger CD's and a good bit of money my mom had started taking out of the bank before she filed for divorce. The only thing my dad was allowed to completely keep was his retirement income. Now my parents were married in the 50's and they were divorced in the early 80s. At that time my parents were in their early 60's I believe. My father continued working until he was 76 I believe. Maybe 78. Its hard to remember now. [/QUOTE]
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