Why shouldn't she have spousal support? She didn't initiate the divorce proceedings and is being thrown out of the only home she's known for the past .... however many years. It's standard in most divorce proceedings.
From 107.105 of the Oregon Statutes.
In awarding alimony,
Oregon laws do not consider the fault of either party in causing the grounds for divorce. Oregon laws allow the court to order one of the following types of spousal support, for a period of time as
may be just and equitable, in gross or in installments or both:
(A) Transitional spousal support as needed for a party to attain education and training necessary to allow the party to prepare for reentry into the job market or for advancement. The factors to be considered by the court in awarding transitional spousal support include but are not limited to:
(i) The duration of the marriage;
(ii) A party's training and employment skills;
(iii) A party's work experience;
(iv) The financial needs and resources of each party;
(v) The tax consequences to each party;
(vi) A party's custodial and child support responsibilities; and
(vii) Any other factors the court deems just and equitable.
(B) Compensatory spousal support when there has been a significant financial or other contribution by one party to the education, training, vocational skills, career or earning capacity of the other party and when an order for compensatory spousal support is otherwise just and equitable in all of the circumstances. The factors to be considered by the court in awarding compensatory spousal support include but are not limited to:
(i) The amount, duration and nature of the contribution;
(ii) The duration of the marriage;
(iii) The relative earning capacity of the parties;
(iv) The extent to which the marital estate has already benefited from the contribution;
(v) The tax consequences to each party; and
(vi) Any other factors the court deems just and equitable.
(C) Spousal maintenance as a contribution by one spouse to the support of the other for either a specified or an indefinite period. The factors to be considered by the court in awarding spousal maintenance include but are not limited to:
(i) The duration of the marriage;
(ii) The age of the parties;
(iii) The health of the parties, including their physical, mental and emotional condition;
(iv) The standard of living established during the marriage;
(v) The relative income and earning capacity of the parties;
(vi) A party's training and employment skills;
(vii) A party's work experience;
(viii) The financial needs and resources of each party;
(ix) The tax consequences to each party;
(x) A party's custodial and child support responsibilities; and
(xi) Any other factors the court deems just and equitable.
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The only reason she doesn't have a job is she got canned as a result of her child endangerment conviction. So I see no reason that it be just and equitable that Kaine pay a dime to her after only three years of marriage and when there is nothing wrong with her physically that would prohibit her from getting a job.
Not to mention, as the non-custodial parent, she should be paying him child support.
