It used to be the default, which is why It's mostly older women still cashing in. They pushed the Strong Independent Woman shtick so hard that even the notoriously corrupt family courts now need a pretty strong excuse to grant it. These days they use child support as a backdoor way of accomplishing the goal, but that's time limited.
TIL permanent alimony exists (or did, I dunno if other states have it?)
It used to be the default, which is why It's mostly older women still cashing in. They pushed the Strong Independent Woman shtick so hard that even the notoriously corrupt family courts now need a pretty strong excuse to grant it. These days they use child support as a backdoor way of accomplishing the goal, but that's time limited.