"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
7 October 2006Divorce changes peopleThough seldom this much:
A Seminole [FL] man is fighting to stop alimony payments to his ex-wife because the woman is now a man.
Lawrence Roach says his ex-wife has had a sex change and is now living as a man with a new identity. Roach says he should be allowed to discontinue $1,200 in monthly alimony payments. "This isn't right. It's humiliating to me and degrading," Roach said. "You know, I'm a man and I don't want to be paying alimony to a man. If you can't be married to a man legally, how can you legally pay alimony to a man?" Like writing $14,400 worth of checks a year wasn't enough of an annoyance in itself. I don't know Florida (or anybody's) law for certain, but I'd bet that the former Mrs Roach's transition to manhood does not invalidate the existing divorce decree. And this could open up a whole new can of worms: if The operative word here, of course, is "existing." (Via Bitter Bitch.) Posted at 10:03 AM to Table for OneLOL Now that's just wrong! Posted by: Diane at 10:10 AM on 7 October 2006If she starts to share a dwelling with a new lover, he can ask the court to end the alimony. Cohabitation is the equivalent of marriage, for alimony purposes. Posted by: Sean Gleeson at 10:29 AM on 7 October 2006Skankalicious! Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 11:18 AM on 7 October 2006 |