Personal Finance Planning and Divorce: Guest Post

We’ve been doing a special Q&A series with personal finance planning expert Linda Lietz. Today she answers a question about personal finance planning and divorce:
Q. I have been working for most of my 12 year marriage. Five years ago I received a raise, and am now responsible for earning about 60% of the family income. My husband contributes the rest. If I divorce my husband, will I have to pay him alimony?
A. That could be a possibility, but doesn’t sound likely.  Alimony, which is also known as spousal maintenance, is blind to gender.  It’s based on two factors in most …read more