Annex 1
A MODEL OF ONE APPROACH TO FINDING THE FINANCIAL
PACKAGE AT DIVORCE
23. In fact the above process is a snap-shot
in a series of shifting profiles of need and resource. The job
is to craft a scheme that enables as many of the peaks and troughs
of what lies ahead to be smoothed out so as to balance needs on
the one hand with resources on the other (and at the same time
factor in the incentive towards self-provision):
24. By way of (simplistic) example, here
is a family that separates with young children.
25. As against this, the husband might have
a simpler profile (though more likely not), in which there is
a continual surplus of income over expenditure:
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