spousal support

[dklee43jr]

What is the name of your state? California I had a court date last Thursday , we dealt with child support and spousal support. The Comissioner we saw ordered me to pay 55% of monthly check to stbx. Because she is not working, I have to pay another 350 $ a month to her and there is not a time limit for her to find work.- My question is Can I but some type of time limit in court order. I only pull in 2200 a month.

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by dklee43jr

What is the name of your state? California I had a court date last Thursday , we dealt with child support and spousal support. The Comissioner we saw ordered me to pay 55% of monthly check to stbx. Because she is not working, I have to pay another 350 $ a month to her and there is not a time limit for her to find work.- My question is Can I but some type of time limit in court order. I only pull in 2200 a month.

Do you have an attorney? If not, before this court date would have been a good time to get one. Does your wife work? How long have you been married? How much is child support? How much is spousal support? Why doesn't she work?

[dklee43jr]

Originally Posted by moburkes

Do you have an attorney? If not, before this court date would have been a good time to get one. Does your wife work? How long have you been married? How much is child support? How much is spousal support? Why doesn't she work?

no I do not have an attorney I do not have any assets so I am trying to use a paralegal. no she has not worked in the 24 yrs I have known her . married 15 1/2 yrs . spouasal support is 350 on top of 850 child support which I was paying to her before we went to court. She won't flip hamburgers shes going to school

[CJane]

Ya know, this is similar to what we tell people over on the custody board when they want to bitch about what a horrible person their ex is... you KNEW she wasn't willing or capable of holding a job when you married her - she'd been unemployed for 9 years BEFORE you married her, and apparently remained unemployed for the next 15.5 years... why on earth would you expect her to suddenly be willing or able to get a job?

I think spousal support is a terrible idea almost all the time... but really - you HAD to know that she wasn't going to suddenly get a job, flipping burgers or otherwise, right?