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hotmale3606

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What is the name of your state Delaware. I was married for 18 years. Here in Delaware, you pay alimony for half of the length of the marriage, which, in my case would be 9 years. We were divorced in 1997, and I have been paying alimony through a wage attachment since then. Next year will be 9 years. I recently went to court on my own to file a motion to lower, or cease alimony payments. It now appears, contrary to my lawyers explanations to me, that, according to someone at the court, that I will be paying for the rest of my life. Now, my question is, do I have any recourse here in Delaware in the courts, or, do go after my lawyer, or law firm, if they refuse to rectify this situation? Thanks.
 


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ENASNI

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hotmale3606 said:
What is the name of your state Delaware. I was married for 18 years. Here in Delaware, you pay alimony for half of the length of the marriage, which, in my case would be 9 years. We were divorced in 1997, and I have been paying alimony through a wage attachment since then. Next year will be 9 years. I recently went to court on my own to file a motion to lower, or cease alimony payments. It now appears, contrary to my lawyers explanations to me, that, according to someone at the court, that I will be paying for the rest of my life. Now, my question is, do I have any recourse here in Delaware in the courts, or, do go after my lawyer, or law firm, if they refuse to rectify this situation? Thanks.
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Sir... did you search the statutes yourself? I looked around and it looks what you initially were told by your lawyers was true... marriages under 20 years alimony is not to exceed 50% of the term of marriage.

You are getting nervous off something "someone at the court" told you... How do you know that someone wasn't a bitter ex-spouse...

Check with your lawyer... get the right paper work together... I think next year your alimony is over.

If nothing else I bumped this post up for you... If someone else knows more they will come behind me and call me a ninny or something worse... but I can take it...
 
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hotmale3606

Junior Member
Alimony

Here's my problem. On the divorce decree where it states alimony responsibility, it does not give a specific end date. It states words to the effect, that the alimony will be paid until expires by decree of law, or husband, or wife expires. My employer needs a specific date to stop the wage attachment before they can proceed any further. Also, my lawyer does not want to reoresent me because of some past disagreements. So, I also probably need to get another lawyer to represent me in court to stop the alimony.
 
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seniorjudge

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hotmale3606 said:
Here's my problem. On the divorce decree where it states alimony responsibility, it does not give a specific end date. It states words to the effect, that the alimony will be paid until expires by decree of law, or husband, or wife expires. My employer needs a specific date to stop the wage attachment before they can proceed any further. Also, my lawyer does not want to reoresent me because of some past disagreements. So, I also probably need to get another lawyer to represent me in court to stop the alimony.
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You need to get a lawyer and get it in writing from the court when and if your alimony ends.
 
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