paying alimony, after the divorce

Divorce and after

Separated have always been a pleasure because of her intelligence and sensitivity. All this may have made me over-optimistic. Whatever the causes, the book proves disappointing. It is stuffed full of factual and straightforward advice on law, sex, housing, in-laws and children, which is good. But the pages are scattered with potted biographies of broken marriages, which read like 'cases' rather...

The role of the father after divorce.

Fathers figure prominently in a child's postdivorce life whether they are involved or disinterested, but concerns about inadequate child support, noncustodial fathers who fail to visit, and the economic plight of single mothers have together raised policy questions about how better to enfranchise fathers with the rights and responsibilities of parenting and ensure them a continuing and meaningf...

Alimony and Efficiency : The Gendered Costs and Benefits of the Economic Justification for Alimony

This paper will analyze the emerging law and economics justification for alimony. It will argue that while the economic justification for alimony contains some important insights, feminists and other family law scholars should ultimately be wary of attempting to justify postdivorce incomesharing by relying primarily on economic efficiency grounds. Part I of the paper will briefly sketch the his...

Parting: The Aftermath of Separation and Divorce / Recycling the Family: Remarriage after Divorce

Remarriage after divorce and depression risk.

As marriage is associated with lower depression rates compared with being single in men, we aimed to examine if remarriage compared with remaining divorced is also associated with a reduced depression risk. Swedish register data were used to define a cohort of men who were born between 1952 and 1956 and underwent a compulsory military conscription assessment in adolescence. This study populatio...

Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions

Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions In recent years the increase in the divorce rate in many advanced countries and the predominance of female-headed families among the poor has generated much interest in the relationship between divorce and the welfare of mothers and children. In this paper I will review a small body of economic literature which has been recen...