[Grovenet] Free of ex-wife? Not so fast . . .

[David Morelli]

Is alimony punitive?  Or is it supposed to be support for a person  
who is without means?  Or something else?  I thought that the  
community property has already been divided, so it shouldn't be a  
return on the invested time from the marriage.  I am sure that it has  
be adjudicated, but I haven't looked for the citations.

Perhaps the man should request that the amount of the support be  
reviewed, if that is possible, in light of his ex-wife's new  
financial status.

David

On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Allen Warren wrote:

> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has ordered a man to continue paying  
> alimony to his ex-wife -- even though she's in a registered  
> domestic partnership with another woman and even uses the other  
> woman's last name.
> California marriage laws say alimony ends when a former spouse  
> remarries, and Ron Garber thought that meant he was off the hook  
> when he learned his ex-wife had registered her new relationship  
> under the state's domestic-partnership law.
> An Orange County judge didn't see it that way.
> The judge ruled that a registered partnership is cohabitation, not  
> marriage, and that Garber must keep writing the checks, $1,250 a  
> month, to his ex-wife, Melinda Kirkwood. Gerber plans to appeal.
> The case highlights questions about the legal status of domestic  
> partnerships, an issue the California Supreme Court is weighing as  
> it considers whether same-sex marriage is legal. An appeals court  
> upheld the state's ban on same-sex marriage last year, ruling that  
> it was up to the legislature to decide whether gays could wed.
>
> Allen Warren
>
>
>
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