More Shafting...

So the lead singer for the band Nickelback, Chad Kroeger, had a common-law spouse for 6 years. They had no children.

They broke up.

He's a rock star and claims to make $9.7 million a year.

She's a hair dresser and claims to make $12k a year.

He was paying her alimony of $10k a month.

So, according to their initial agreement, she was getting paid per month almost what she makes in a single year.

But she's taking him back to court for more money, because her "lifestyle" can't be sustained on $10k a month. The judge has found that their joint lifestyle was significantly more than $10k per month when they were together, and has ordered Kroeger to pay $25k a month until the trial.

This took place in Canada.

Meanwhile...

My wife didn't get any alimony from her ACTUAL husband of almost 12 years, doesn't get to claim even one child as a tax deduction, and is currently being calculated as making more money than she actually does to figure out how much money she will owe her ex-husband for unreimbursed medical expenses.

Something about these two stories seems fantastically unfair.

Oh, wait, I forgot about My Thought!
"The United States Legal System Doesn't Give A Shit."

Ah, yes. Relief.
Thank you, True Thought.