WSJ: Amicable Divorce? Not in This Market

Increases in alimony and child-support payments tend to be tied to the consumer-price index, a measure of what consumers pay for goods and services that has grown at the fastest rate in four decades. Disputes over who gets to keep the house became more contentious when mortgage rates doubled this year as a result of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to stamp out inflation, divorce lawyers said. And the market downturn, which followed the Fed’s rate increases, left already stressed couples fighting over shrinking 401(k)s and other investments. 

“People are angry at the economy and angry at their spouses, and they’re acting out,” said Stacy Phillips, a divorce lawyer in Los Angeles. 

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