Jeff, I agree with you on most of what you said but every situation is different and like Kat said it's disgusting the courts won't take anything into consideration other factors than the difference between two people's salaries. If you know my situation you know my wife filed after getting unemployed from a well paying job, she stayed at home for a year, then after leaving found a front desk job at a small company. Then immediately took me to court for temporary support which includes $X for child support plus $X*2 for spousal support- all calculated based on the (sudden) income differential. I'm not bitter anymore because it is what it is- in fact, I can almost even joke about it once in a while.
Kat, what'd you do with the rest of the helium? Did you inhale some and call your XH?
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again