Wife and i are planning to get divorced. We have been married for 4 years (both of us are 32 years old) with a 3.5 years old son.
We agreed on joint custody and the child is going to live with the mom (my parenting time mainly falls on weekends). Everything else including property division and child support are pretty much agreed upon. The only thing that seems a bit of gray to me is the spousal support. I am currently making $90K from my job and my wife is making zero. She has been a homemaker since we got married 4 years ago. She did somehow sacrifice the 2 of the 4 years to take care of the child so i can focus on my career but it's her choice not to work in the latter two years of the marriage (my son went to daycare when he turned two).
According to my lawyer, i probably need to pay her spousal support for two years (which is 1/2 of the length of marriage). However it's possible that the duration may get extended given the fact that she wants to chase some unrealistic business dreams rather than getting a full time job. Wife has a degree from a famous university and had about 2 years of work experience prior to the marriage. She also recently finished a one-year certificate program in design.
I am wondering if any folks who's been in similar situation could shed some light on what the duration of SS would normally be?
We agreed on joint custody and the child is going to live with the mom (my parenting time mainly falls on weekends). Everything else including property division and child support are pretty much agreed upon. The only thing that seems a bit of gray to me is the spousal support. I am currently making $90K from my job and my wife is making zero. She has been a homemaker since we got married 4 years ago. She did somehow sacrifice the 2 of the 4 years to take care of the child so i can focus on my career but it's her choice not to work in the latter two years of the marriage (my son went to daycare when he turned two).
According to my lawyer, i probably need to pay her spousal support for two years (which is 1/2 of the length of marriage). However it's possible that the duration may get extended given the fact that she wants to chase some unrealistic business dreams rather than getting a full time job. Wife has a degree from a famous university and had about 2 years of work experience prior to the marriage. She also recently finished a one-year certificate program in design.
I am wondering if any folks who's been in similar situation could shed some light on what the duration of SS would normally be?
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