• An example is alimony for a wife who worked full-time supporting herself and her husband with separate-property earnings while he earned a medical degree. [Cases: Divorce 231. C.J.S. Divorce §§ 370, 379.]
reimbursement alimony
Alimony designed to repay a spouse who during the marriage made financial contribu-tions that directly enhanced the future earning capacity of the other spouse.