Alimony
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Alimony, also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance, spousal support and spousal maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation varies depending on the divorce law or family law of each country and prenuptial agreements.
"Alimony, that's what made OJ crack...after paying alimony OJ didn't score a touchdown in 20 years."
"Alimony - the greatest crap shoot in family law."
"Alimony — the ransom that the happy pay to the devil."
"Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash."
"In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands."