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In Michigan , the factors that will affect a spousal support award are :

The past relations and conduct of the parties;
The length of the marriage;
The ability of the parties to work;
The source and amount of property awarded to the parties;
The ages of the parties;
The ability of the parties to pay alimony;
The present situation of the parties;
The needs of the parties;
The health of the parties;
The prior standard of living of the parties and whether either is responsible for the support of others;
The general principles of fairness.
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This is not law but subjective tyranny for the purpose of giving lawyers a virtually unlimited plethora of questions to argue about, all at the expense of the poor slob who has likely ruined his health in a life-long struggle to get ahead, while his wife simply enjoyed life at his expense. And all of this while all the parties involved know that, had the divorce been held instead in the courtroom across the hall, the decision would almost certainly have been substantially different.

No transfer of assets from one adult to another should ever be ordered by any court, unless: (1)such transfer is clearly required by a real, legal contract, voluntarily entered into by both parties and with fully informed consent; (2) in compensation for a tort (a wrong done); (3) in compensation for a CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED interest in an "implied partnership", wherein one party proveably contributed their labor, capitol or other assets exclusively to the benefit of a business, and where this contribuion PROVABLY resulted in gain, and where the present repository of assets representing such gain can be provably located. In this regard it is much more UNlikely that a married couple would be able to demonstrate such an implied partnership, than other persons NOT married, because of the likelihood that such a contribution to a business would have been a bona-fide gift, oweing to the presumably special type of "love" involved.

Child custody, when ordered, should have no bearing on any other payments, housing costs, alimony, etc., so often ordered for the ex spouse, but rather the CS alone should be adequate to also supply funds for the support of the CP if they truly cannot care for the child(ren) and work as well. Thus, as soon as the child reaches majority or is otherwise no longer required to be cared for, any such benefits to the CP cease!

And to think that defending a legal system like this, and even trying to impose it on others, is what we are flushing 58 BILLION dollars a month down foreign toilets for! Excuse me, I'm going to heave now!