Bradley Beach, NJ family law attorney Cipora Winters discusses receiving spousal support after you’ve been out of the workforce for years raising kids. She explains that if a spouse has been out of the workforce raising children, that circumstance is a clear basis for receiving spousal support from the working spouse. This is precisely what the statute envisions—compensating a spouse for contributions made to the marriage in caregiving and household roles, as opposed to the more traditional financial contributions made by the employed spouse.