In 1989, about ten percent of stay-at-home parents were men. That number had nearly doubled by 2016. As traditional gender roles fade and families take unique approaches to raising children and maintaining a home, more and more men are choosing homemaking and family life over a career. Furthermore, about 30 percent of modern wives make more money than their husbands.
If you are getting divorced, you may be worried about the financial consequences of ending your marriage. If you are disabled, out of work, or have chosen to sacrifice your career in lieu of family or household responsibilities, you may be dependent on your spouse’s income to make ends meet. Fortunately, divorcing men may be entitled to alimony or spousal maintenance.
Divorcing Husbands May Be Entitled to Spousal Support
Alimony, spousal support, and spousal maintenance are all terms used to describe payments that a spouse makes to the other spouse after divorce. Traditionally, the payers of spousal maintenance were men, and the recipients were women. However, men have the same right to spousal support as women. Federal and Illinois state laws do not discriminate against divorcing spouses on the basis of gender.