The reality is if they were still married, they would all be living a certain type of way (i.e. very well off than average folk) and that's due to the extent of the main breadwinner's income which suffice to say would be Jesse.
Fast forward to a divorce and it becomes about ensuring everything for the sake of the kids is amicable and "fair"; this isn't just financial.
According to Jesse, he was with his wife Aryn for 13 years and married for 5. If you do a quick fact check, she was a real estate broker when they met whilst he was a school teacher. At some point he wanted to switch careers and she held him down (most likely financially if we go on the basis of occupation's likely income) for him to support that ambition whilst he was trying to break into acting. Since then he's managed to flourish to make it and according to latest reports is now making $6.25m/yr.
Last April 2017 Jesse (for whatever reason) decided to file for divorce from Aryn. Ok cool, his prerogative. But with that comes the reality of knowing he was going to have to break bread on spousal/child support (even though his actions didn't support this notion) which as I understand it for spousal, is for half the time they were married. That should equate to circa 2.5 years which isn't too bad considering.
Jesse's recent POV was that he was paying $50,695 per mth in spousal support and that Aryn needs to use from that amount to take care of the kids i.e. he didn't want to any more than that to the ex. It then later changed to him willing to pay child support to third parties (which I actually agree with personally) for things such as school tuition, uninsured medical and certain other expenses. He estimated this to total $7,465 per mth.
Aryn's POV was that she should get spousal support which the law permits her to request. When Jesse filed for divorce he ticked the box for her not to get anything. She won that argument and initially was getting $33k/mth, asked for the increase and is now getting the $50,695/mth previously mentioned. She later claimed that this still wasn't enough to cover the kids expenses claiming her expenditure amounted to $73,369 per month. She was also asking for $25k/mth for future college savings. Both kids are under 5 so whilst I agree it's good to start early on this, the amount she was talking about sounds ridiculous (doing a bit of quick math and assuming going to top universities and medical schools, 2 students would cost on a worst case scenario $1m tops - using her $25k request would amount to $3.6m and that doesn't include interest/compounding).
Now the recent ruling has happened. Jesse makes $521,000/mth which is important to note as the court ruling hinged their decision on his earnings. Of that he will have to pay $50,695/mth in spousal support; this is circa 10% of his earnings and certainly isn't for more than a few years tops. He will then have to pay $50,695/mth in child support; this is circa 10% of his earnings.
Both support orders are temporary until the couple either reaches a final settlement or the court imposes a final order.
Now at one point in time Jesse claimed Aryn was fucking with his rights to spend time with his kids e.g. only 3 hrs/day visitation, no sleepovers etc. The reality now is that they have 50/50 joint custody (alternative weekends, splitting of major holidays etc). So both sides have tried to play foul in the situation.
Why are ppl so mad/bothered about the fact that this woman/mother is getting spousal and child support lol?
Is it bc of the amount she's receiving...
or just bc?
