Marriage insurance versus poverty ever after?
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I have two issues with this writeup.
First, post-divorce solvency really lies in whether your marriage was financially solvent or not. If you’re like the typical American, with 20k in debt, then yeah guess what those debts are split between you both once you get divorced.
Secondly, the income disparity once a divorce happens is dependent upon the type of job one has and the fact that child support allows for a 20% or so variance between households. So let’s say you have 120k combined, with the male earning 80k and the female earning 40k, even with child support (with a child care allowance) you’re talking 66k vs. 52k for the respective households.