Okay my mom and dad were married and shortly within the same year of marriage my mom had the aneurysm. She has the short term memory loss. At that point my mother siblings gave my dad an out. Before children or anything. Said he could walk away and they would take care of her. He stayed.
They divorced after 23 years of marriage when I was 18. My dad was ordered to pay her alimony for the rest of his life. They split with my dad getting his pension and my mom getting the house. This is back in 1990. If my mom would have gotten out then she would have made out with so much more. She didn't.
My dad is getting ready to retire and now that she is living up here want to retire and stop paying her and told me he wants to make her a "ward of the state".
1 way I feel is that he worked his whole life and should get his retirement.
2 the way I feel is that he had his chance and should have gotten out then.
my mom worked her butt off when they were married but hasn't worked in a good 10 years. All she will get now if he drops the alimony is SSD. I know alot of people only live off that but is that fair.
What are your views?
They divorced after 23 years of marriage when I was 18. My dad was ordered to pay her alimony for the rest of his life. They split with my dad getting his pension and my mom getting the house. This is back in 1990. If my mom would have gotten out then she would have made out with so much more. She didn't.
My dad is getting ready to retire and now that she is living up here want to retire and stop paying her and told me he wants to make her a "ward of the state".
1 way I feel is that he worked his whole life and should get his retirement.
2 the way I feel is that he had his chance and should have gotten out then.
my mom worked her butt off when they were married but hasn't worked in a good 10 years. All she will get now if he drops the alimony is SSD. I know alot of people only live off that but is that fair.
What are your views?
