Traditionally, “divorce” was a cause of action with a plaintiff and a defendant—a winner and a loser, an aggressor and a victim—and alimony (in the form of cash payments) was the prize the victim/winner won for proving one of the limited grounds for divorce (generally desertion, adultery, or cruelty).
Traditionally, “divorce” was a cause of action with a plaintiff and a defendant—a winner and a loser, an aggressor and a victim—and alimony (in the form of cash payments) was the prize the victim/winner won for proving one of the limited grounds for divorce (generally desertion, adultery, or cruelty).