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Sacramento is not just the capital of California. People have been living here for thousands of years, – Nisenan, Maidu, and all kinds of folks before the Spanish came. Then Sutter showed up and started building forts and stuff, and boom, the city grew. Now, Sacramento has over half a million people in the city and more than 2 million in the metro area. That’s a lot of people who live, work, and yes, sometimes get divorced.
Around 11% of people in Sacramento go through a divorce. That’s higher than other parts of California, even if the state as a whole has a slightly lower rate. And when divorce happens, one of the biggest headaches? Spousal support. Some people call it alimony, but it’s basically money that one person pays to the other so that life doesn’t completely fall apart…