Trying (unsuccessfully) to locate a case referenced by Professor Roy T. Stuckey dealing with connivance from the days before South Carolina allowed divorce (1949 - 50), I ended up reviewing
alimony cases of the early 20th century.
Not exact matches
Also http://time.com/money/4116161/
alimony-reform-spousal-support/: «Unlike child support, which is common when divorcing couple has kids,
alimony awards have always been very rare, going from about 25 %
of cases in the 1960s to about 10 % today, said Judith McMullen, a professor
of law at Marquette University.
Note that after 2018, that will no longer be the
case as
alimony payments will no longer be considered taxable income to the recipient as a result
of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of 2017.
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Such
cases might be one
of the rare situations which merit a judicial award
of lump sum
alimony (assuming there's enough marital assets to award such
alimony) but so far I've never seen a wife argue for such an award.
If there has been an allegation
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alimony determinations based on this new law.
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Maybe I'm cynical, but when the December 2014 roster listed Ricigliano v. Ricigliano as a
case in which the issue was whether the family court erred in failing to award a husband permanent periodic
alimony I figured the South Carolina appellate courts had finally found a
case in which they would approve an award
of rehabilitative
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(This
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