This paper will analyze the emerging law and economics justification for alimony. It will argue that while the economic justification for alimony contains some important insights, feminists and other family law scholars should ultimately be wary of attempting to justify postdivorce incomesharing by relying primarily on economic efficiency grounds. Part I of the paper will briefly sketch the his...

We study the problem of marriage formation and marital distribution in a two-period model of matching, extending the matching with bargaining framework of Crawford and Rochford (1986). We run simulations to find the effects of alimony rate and legal cost of divorce parameters on the payoffs and marital status in the society.

women's rights alimony as preferred creditor is highlighted in iranian civil law. in other words women's right on maintenance is given priority over other debts, meaning the wife's claim takes priority over all other debts. it should be noted the above mentioned rights are considered in the first draft of family protection law and more privilege is given to women on this issue. i...

Article 64 of the Constitution Republic Uzbekistan guarantees that parents are obliged to support and educate their children until they reach age majority. This article describes procedure for voluntary payment alimony, recovery alimony in court, debt, exemption from debt when a person who is pay abroad leaves, changes amount or termination obligations, forced alimony. highlights issues proper,...

Yoksulluk nafakası maddi ve manevi tazminat gibi evliliğin boşanma ile sona ermesinin mali sonuçlarından birisidir. Eşler arasındaki dayanışma yardımlaşma yükümlülüğünün sonrasındaki uzantısı olarak kabul edilen yoksulluk nafakasına hükmedilme şartları TMK m. 175’te düzenlenmiştir. belirtilen şartların gerçekleşmesi üzerine taşıyan eş diğer eşten üstelik süresiz isteyebilecektir. Bu anlamda kan...

The issue of alimony obligations enforcement is quite acute in our country. It necessary to recognize that Russian legislation does not contain effective mechanisms for collecting funds from parents the maintenance minor children. article reveals legal nature consequences non-payment children by their point view ratio private and public interests mechanism regulation. authors note prerequisites...

The paper analyzes the effect of a reform granting alimony rights to cohabiting couples in Canada, exploiting the fact that each province extended these rights in different years and required different cohabitation length. A theoretical analysis, based on a collective household model with a matching framework, predicts that changes in alimony laws would affect existing couples and couples-to-be...