Unlike child support, spousal support is often very difficult (if not impossible) to modify after the divorce is final, so getting it right the first time is a must!
Have been divorced for more than 2 years. At the time of the divorce, my ex claimed that she could not work due to children's disability--hence, permanent alimony of about $50K a year, more than half of my gross (she was self-employed so the income was hard to compute). The FSA stipulates that she cannot work and impute zero income from her. Found out recently from the Court ordered tax return of hers that she has close to $200K revenue in 2006 from her business, although she claimed loss for the tax return. The court ordered her to turn over her business records but scant evidence submitted by her hardly justified the claimed expenses (which were used to offset the revenues)--no receipts, no cancelled checks, etc. Hard to prove how much is exactly her income but is this sufficient ground to ask for reduction of alimony and if so, how much? I felt like being cheated out of the deal as I agreed to the generous alimony assuming that she would take care of the kids and be supportive of my job (which turns out tobe totally untrue, another story of its own). Any advice? Much appreciated.
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