[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CA renter]
I do not think that faithful, hard-working, devoted husband should have to pay alimony or lose child custody to women who were adulterous, etc., and vice versa.[/quote]
Some of your statements make so sense because your feelings are not the law.
I wonder how you’d write that into law. You’d have to define faithfulness, hard work and devotion.
Plus what does adultery have to do with financial need for alimony? And what does adultery have to do with devotion to children or child rearing suitability?
Her’s a scenario. Dad works his ass off to pay for the kids’ eduction. He’s always on business travel.
Mom is stay at home for the last 10 years and is raising 2 kids. She feels lonely and has an affair.
Dad discovers the affair and he’s feeling vengeful. He wants a divorce.
Under your law, mom gets nothing. Dad gets custody of the kids.[/quote]
Most married people fully understand what “faithfulness” and “adultery” mean.
As for the issue of fault in a divorce, each couple should have to decide for themselves what they are willing or unwilling to accept in marriage. I think an argument could be made that all people should have to sign a contract of sorts before getting married.
