When love’s gone, no need to maintain

I read an interesting article on men quitting their high paying jobs or having their families disown them on papers to avoid paying maintenance to their ex wives and children. It seems an irony that the woman who spent her entire married life making their houses homes is left without anything to support her once the husband’s interest has dwindled. But then, there is another side to the story. Do women who had made their husband’s lives miserable have a right to his hard earned money? And especially when their claim is so high that it will continue to make the husband’s life miserable if he pays it. Well divorce can get ugly and fight for alimony uglier. It is bad enough to wash your linen in public. But still, children do have a right on their father’s earnings. There is no reason why children should suffer if their parents have stopped loving each other. What is required is that the courts should see through the claims of maintenance and as well as the antics played by the husband to avoid them. Maintenance should be to maintain those who are unable themselves and not as a punishment to those who work hard and earn. Genuine cases should not be ignored because some have taken unfair advantages. Marriages are founded on love and understanding, and when that is gone no amount of maintenance can suffice.