According to MarketWatch women face these surprises during a divorce.
They are mostly financial surprises:
- Assuming child support and/or alimony would be higher or last longer
- Assuming they could keep the marital home
- Being unaware of the total size of their marital debt including the primary mortgage, home equity line of credit, auto financing, credit card debt, 401(k) loans and student loans
- Not anticipating they would have to return to the workforce
- The staggering cost of health care insurance
- Underestimating the cost of getting a divorce
- More women are paying alimony (maintenance) to their former spouses