rehabilitative alimony

What is the name of your state? NJ

What is rehabilitative alimony?

It's spousal support for a limited period of time, to allow you to get back on your feet after not working for a period of time. i.e. if you hadn't worked for 20 years due to raising children, and needed time to go to school to update your credentials so you could work.

Honestly? After being married 4 years, it would surprise me if you got alimony.

Thank you for your reply. Yes I have only been married 4 years although I gave up my career so that he could pursue his which meant that we were to travel on the road and move once a year. I was unable to continue my career because I was only going to be in one place for a year and no one would hire me because my living was temporary. Would this make a difference in receiving temporary support?

Probably depends a lot on what your career was, and whether you need time to update your skills. But I wouldn't be holding my breath. There are very few careers I can think of that one wouldn't be able to sort something out with temping or short-term employment.

I hear what you are saying. Another aspect is that my husband also travels to many different jobs sites during the course of a year so for me to work even a temporary job would keep us apart for long periods of time. So not working was more benefical to us so that we could be together and I could travel with him. Do this make a difference?

I worked as an Executive Assistant to Director of Catering in a 4 star hotel in Philadelphia.

I really wouldn't count on it - that's not a career that has enormous technological changes in a very short period of time. If you had said that you were an IT Network Specialist, you might have had a better shot as computer/network technology changes so rapidly. Or something in any of the sciences... You'd be better served spending time looking for work at this point. IMO.