Yeah, I guess that would have helped the original poster's husband, to buy insurance or find ways to modify it in case of job loss or something... but without that.... I hate to say it, I think his case is a loser.

Stuff like this is why people want a lawyer... they need someone to explain to them the problem of PERMANENTLY non-modifiable alimony versus the ongoing, nearly always modifiable version, and whether or not they really need to protect themselves from stuff like job loss or businesses being destroyed or whatever.

Unfortunately, it's too often something that people are just so happy they've come to an agreement on the numbers, they don't look at the finer points... the little details that will bite them in the end. Maybe they're afraid to try to negotiate the little details. Maybe they're not willing to pay thier lawyers the extra money it'll take to go through all this stuff that seems so useless today and not highly likely anyways... and then when it comes up that the 1 in a 100 chance happens and they lose thier business, suddenly they're faced with the reality that maybe they should have taken a few more hours of lawyer time to hash out this detail or that.

You know, we've discussed it before... with regard to parenting plans... people will draft really loose agreements on parenting, and then when times get tough they each decide to interpret it their own way, using it to mess with each otehr. They leave terms intentionally open, thinking that since they can't agree on stuff, maybe it's best if they leave the details of the STUFF out of the agreement, and hoping that it'll never become an issue.

AND THEN it becomes an issue.

KGrow, it sounds like your lawyer was thinking of all the possibilities and protected you a whole lot better than most people! I feel sorry for this guy who lost his business, but it soudns like he made an agreement and he's probably not going to be able to get out of it.