TRAIN JUDICIARY ON RULES FOR ALIMONY

ALIMONY is a measure of social justice-it is something the courts of the land have reiterated over the years. Yet, in public perception it is often seen and described as an extortionate demand by an avaricious ex-wife, more so amid the global backlash against hard-won progress achieved by the women's movement.

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There is no doubt that divorce proceedings often become unpleasant, even devolving into a flurry of criminal cases and counter cases levelled by partners against each other. However, the reality of the woman being more often than not the more vulnerable party at these proceedings and after a divorce is obscured by headlines touting astronomical alimony demands in highprofile cases. Such cases are the exception, not the norm.