Carol and Jay Were Married for 6 Years

question 23

Multiple Choice

Carol and Jay were married for 6 years. During this time Carol worked as a bank teller to support her husband through graduate school so that he could become a tax attorney. After the divorce she asked for some money so that she could go to college as well. This post-divorce support is called:

• A)family allowance
• B)post-divorce financial support
• C)alimony
• D)palimony
• E)displaced homemaker settlement

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