Spouse Maintenance

sweetjamster

depends what happened at court. first, if he has children, and "relevant" i.e. under the age of 18 or still in full time education, court is reluctant to order clean break. clean breaks have nothing to do with whether a party can afford it or not.

second, it also depends on whether the order was an order by consent or ordered by the judge. when you know more about your friend's case, post here.

calleyw

Bossyboots wrote:

Unfortunately that is not the way it works and if the household income has greatly increased, regardless of how, the ex spouse can ask for more. Technically you would actually be being asked to provide more for you and your partner so he has free funds to pay to his ex, rather than you actually having to pay it but that is just semantics and the end result is the same.

Yes I am well aware of how it works. I have dealings with the CSA where my income is taken in to account.

But it is still not right it is my choice how I spend my income and if want to contribute to household expenses so be it, but with that I am being forced to use a bigger portion of my income to keep the same standard of living because my husband has to pay more his ex. Semantics or not I am directly or indirectly paying his ex.

Yours


Calley