No one can ever make any absolute promises with the law (heck, OJ was acquitted, remember?)... but from what you've told us, it appears you have no cause for worry. Her filing a response & asking for stuff is just the form for getting it started, not necessarily anything that's going to happen. If she really makes more than you, then why aren't YOU asking for alimony? That kind of worries me, like that maybe you have an income source that means you don't "make" as much as she does but you may GET much more... like some people have businesses where they keep their earned income really tiny and keep the assets in the business, but that doesn't mean you're safe, if that's the way it's gone. But otherwise, if you are TRULY not earning much of a living, got your house from money given to you by your dad (and the marriage never had to pay a mortgage payment), then it's probably yours (most likely, but no one can ever make an absolute promise in the law)... and alimony is not something you need to worry about.
By the way, the length of marriage isn't what most states would call long term anyways... and if she's been doing fine on her own for the past year of separation without alimony then it's highly unlikely that the judge will order any EVEN IF you'd been married for years & years. If you've not been helping her out with money from time to time, she's not had to open a line of credit just to get living expenses, etc., and she's been doing OK for a year, then she doesn't need alimony, so they probably won't give it to her.
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