Divorce settlement data - WC education thread

[Xgenre]

Originally Posted by kayakracer

is there a way to have maintanence only for the child not the ex wife ?

Introduce her a new husband. Once she is married, can stop. Alternatively, maybe if she has a big wage increment

[koreanoppa]

Originally Posted by Xgenre

Introduce her a new husband. Once she is married, can stop. Alternatively, maybe if she has a big wage increment

both solutions quite tough ah. introduce new husband must she like the guy and the guy like her. wage increment depends on the job. Leave it up to fate liao

[fallen11]

Originally Posted by koreanoppa

introduce new husband must she like the guy and the guy like her.

no it goes worse than that. They must become legally married.
Most divorcee couples i know only ended up co habiting. They do not remarry legally...

[yaowaratboy]

Originally Posted by fallen11

no it goes worse than that. They must become legally married.
Most divorcee couples i know only ended up co habiting. They do not remarry legally...

i think they only remarry if necesasry like doing visa ?

[HonkyTonkyMan]

Originally Posted by kayakracer

is there a way to have maintanence only for the child not the ex wife ?

not unless you can get the ex to state she don't want to take a single cent from you if not die also have to pay to ex..even if she earns more then you, still have pay a nominal fee to her...worse part if they leave a option to vary the amount, that means next time when she old don't want to work she can go back court and ask to increase amount....

[guess67]

I have never asked for maintenance from my ex, so I can ask now?

[HonkyTonkyMan]

Originally Posted by guess67

I have never asked for maintenance from my ex, so I can ask now?

well if you left a clause to vary the order why not, not unless you went for a one time settlement then close case..

[bsicassecd]

Originally Posted by yaowaratboy

i think they only remarry if necesasry like doing visa ?

Likely will remarry if they have kid?

[rix6669]

Originally Posted by HonkyTonkyMan

not unless you can get the ex to state she don't want to take a single cent from you if not die also have to pay to ex..even if she earns more then you, still have pay a nominal fee to her...worse part if they leave a option to vary the amount, that means next time when she old don't want to work she can go back court and ask to increase amount....

Where did u get this info from? If the woman can work educated and can earn decent income, there's no need to give wife a maintenance fee. According to lawyers I asked.

[larue]

Originally Posted by rix6669

Where did u get this info from? If the woman can work educated and can earn decent income, there's no need to give wife a maintenance fee. According to lawyers I asked.

That why you went to see a lawyer so you can tell truth from complete cock like that on the internet.

Was your lawyers advice satisfactory?

[HonkyTonkyMan]

Originally Posted by rix6669

Where did u get this info from? If the woman can work educated and can earn decent income, there's no need to give wife a maintenance fee. According to lawyers I asked.

its all depends on judge, but in general if she has her own earning capacity and if she really earns much more then the guy...court will assess and perhaps award a nominal sum or not award..but the smart lawyers will tell the woman to leave clause to vary the amount just in case in future they lose job or old cannot work..fyi i became bankrupt and my ex still working...i still have to pay maintenance thou court lower a little..

[BushTracker]

Originally Posted by Xgenre

Introduce her a new husband. Once she is married, can stop. Alternatively, maybe if she has a big wage increment

Erm, the wife can don't get married and still stay with the new guy. Then how? ended up sponsoring both.

[iluvbreast]

Originally Posted by rix6669

Where did u get this info from? If the woman can work educated and can earn decent income, there's no need to give wife a maintenance fee. According to lawyers I asked.

The outcome of Bro HonkyTonkyMan's case was unusual (even himself admitted it, when we were discussing in another thread). I did asked about his outcome with my relative who was still practising then. It was quite well known within the legal fraternity.

The thing is his outcome was not the norm, why it happened like that...well I am not a judge so...

Bro HonkyTonkyMan always refer to his own divorce (like me); that is more responsible, drawing on one's own experience for reference rather than hearsay.

I would rather read what he posted and then check with the lawyer to make it don't happen (to me).

[iluvbreast]

Originally Posted by kayakracer

is there a way to have maintanence only for the child not the ex wife ?

Of course, I only pay to maintain my kid, not my ex-wife.

[larue]

Originally Posted by iluvbreast

The outcome of Bro HonkyTonkyMan's case was unusual (even himself admitted it, when we were discussing in another thread). I did asked about his outcome with my relative who was still practising then. It was quite well known within the legal fraternity.

The thing is his outcome was not the norm, why it happened like that...well I am not a judge so...

Bro HonkyTonkyMan always refer to his own divorce (like me); that is more responsible, drawing on one's own experience for reference rather than hearsay.

I would rather read what he posted and then check with the lawyer to make it don't happen (to me).

That's unfortunate for Honky, and as you and he said later, unusual.

The norm is that once the quantum of spousal maintenance is ascertained, it takes unusual circumstances to get it varied, and it is certainly not a case of an ex wife being able to claim more purely on a 'dont want to work' basis.

Perhaps he could share more about his situation in the interest of information sharing.