What is the name of your state? MI
I was married for 15 years and was stricken with aortic aneurysms. This was my second marriage and his first (I am an admitted repeat offender!). Following my second catastrophic surgery within six months, my "poor pitiful" husband engaged in an extra marital affair. As a result of serious complications following the second surgery, I was intubated for three weeks. After two weeks, Mr Smartguy asked that I be taken off and "let go". His trial run as the poor grieving young widower was thwarted by my adult daughter from my first marriage. I remained on life support for another week. Oops, shame on me. I'll NEVER do THAT again! My spouse was sooo enraged that I survived, he became violent and physically abusive. He is now a common cheater, not the grieving widower. He decided to "perform home surgery" on me with a twelve inch kitchen knife. This led to his second arrest within four months for domestic assault.
He was raised by a very prominent political figure (lawyer) and was taught that "if no one sees you do it, you didn't do it". That theory did not hold up in court when he filed for divorce. The last "stab" at me was to award himself the four cats and weiner dog. He was kind enough to "give me the bird". I had a twenty year old bird which I brought into the marriage. He gave me more than the bird in the cage, I might add. When it came time to take the final judgment, he was ordered to live with his parents. He was not allowed to have pets in their home. My attorney and I agreed that I would keep the pets. OH, wait just a minute! In addition to paying me alimony, my former spouse was ordered to pay "petimony" in addition to medical expenses for the pets. Gee, all I can say is, "hope his companion swallowed!". Whoa! Did I say that? Yessiree I did! I was ordered to pay the house payments on the marital home until it was sold. Little did Lawyerboy Jr know, that the IRS recognizes half of those payment as alimony paid by me to him and is taxable income to him and deductible to me. The petimony is not considered taxable income. Anybody out there ever dealt with this type of arrangement?
I was married for 15 years and was stricken with aortic aneurysms. This was my second marriage and his first (I am an admitted repeat offender!). Following my second catastrophic surgery within six months, my "poor pitiful" husband engaged in an extra marital affair. As a result of serious complications following the second surgery, I was intubated for three weeks. After two weeks, Mr Smartguy asked that I be taken off and "let go". His trial run as the poor grieving young widower was thwarted by my adult daughter from my first marriage. I remained on life support for another week. Oops, shame on me. I'll NEVER do THAT again! My spouse was sooo enraged that I survived, he became violent and physically abusive. He is now a common cheater, not the grieving widower. He decided to "perform home surgery" on me with a twelve inch kitchen knife. This led to his second arrest within four months for domestic assault.
He was raised by a very prominent political figure (lawyer) and was taught that "if no one sees you do it, you didn't do it". That theory did not hold up in court when he filed for divorce. The last "stab" at me was to award himself the four cats and weiner dog. He was kind enough to "give me the bird". I had a twenty year old bird which I brought into the marriage. He gave me more than the bird in the cage, I might add. When it came time to take the final judgment, he was ordered to live with his parents. He was not allowed to have pets in their home. My attorney and I agreed that I would keep the pets. OH, wait just a minute! In addition to paying me alimony, my former spouse was ordered to pay "petimony" in addition to medical expenses for the pets. Gee, all I can say is, "hope his companion swallowed!". Whoa! Did I say that? Yessiree I did! I was ordered to pay the house payments on the marital home until it was sold. Little did Lawyerboy Jr know, that the IRS recognizes half of those payment as alimony paid by me to him and is taxable income to him and deductible to me. The petimony is not considered taxable income. Anybody out there ever dealt with this type of arrangement?