Family Law

Is it unmanly to receive alimony from your ex-wife?

While I don't have any male clients who receive temporary support or alimony, apparently this is a growing trend as more and more women move up the career ladder and earn big money.

The percentage of alimony recipients who are male rose to 3.6% during the five years ending in 2006, up from 2.4%, in the previous five-year period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That percentage is likely to rise as more and more marriages feature a primary earner who is female. In 2005, wives outearned their husbands in 33% of all families, up from 28.2% a decade earlier.

And while men in previous generations may have been embarrassed to  be a recipient of alimony, the stigma appears to be waning. You know the old saying "what's good for the goose is good for the gander."

For more information, read this article from the Wall Street Journal.