Recent content by Sparrow

Sorry you feel the amounts are needed to ascertain fairness. Fairness is not relative to the differential (though I will say it is significant). Fairness should be based on the argument(s) at hand. I sure hope the attitude you are taking on this is not one that the mediator or judge...

I couldn't agree more! This is exactly what I am advocating. I know there is a potential should she re-marry or should I become disabled and can't work, that the alimony could be reduced, but the sheer stress and anxiety it delivers with each pay period is far more painful than that...

Thus, why I was asking if my arguments were sound, and sufficient enough to overcome the initial impressions that people assume I am trying to take advantage of her. All I am trying to do is not be taken advantage OF, and it is proving to be an uphill battle because immediately, everyone's...

I am not. I have no issue giving her 40% of my actual income, and will submit proof of this each year to the courts if need be. But, actual income that I can truly earn, not based on one-time historical events. That being said, I am curious as to how you came to this conclusion? This...

With regard to your comment If she doesn't accept it, the judge will go by the statutory requirements in calculating maintenance. What I am asking IS based on the statutory requirements, but the requirements do not specify whether the income should or should not include one time exceptional...

Yes, I will write it out, but I just wanted to know if it is a reasonable request. I know it could be contested, but if it is sound, it has the potential to supercede unfounded requests that she and her lawyer could attempt. My defense is based on facts. Nothing more and nothing less. Case...

I am fully aware of both asset division and maintenance laws and guidance that the courts are to use. That is not my question. My question is around what my attorney uses as a "Position Statement" which is submitted to the mediator for all of us to work through. The position statement he...

I am in a situation where I have had some significant events occur in the last few years, including buy out of a partnership, startup of a new company where income was received in the following year the work was done, and then being hired as a w2 employee (inactivating the startup) that has a...