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    Hi Fellow Family Law Strugglers-

    Any experience here on a vocational assessments? We are entering our 4th year in court and 10th year of paying spousal on a 9 year marriage. Only income the ex declares is the support and a ridiculous rental income calculation. The ex has had a list of reasons not to work over the past 9 years, but did have a role for 18 months at $65k. The ex has a masters in business, speaks 4 languages and worked for 7 year prior to marriage and during marriage for first few years. The judge has asked us to consider requesting a vocational assessment (at our expenses ...) for an income determination. Cant' the ex just bomb it? Seems like more money out the door. Any helpful advice is appreciated!

    Edit- Any helpful or amusing advice ...

  • #2
    Not a family law struggler, but I'll respond regardless.

    Why was ss ordered?
    Why are you still paying it?

    I stopped it on my own to not pass years paid vs years married, and fro was fine with this while I brought the matter through the court.

    If you're trying to get an income imputed for cs purposes, more than minimum wage, then hiring an expert or doing a vocational assessment is needed to prove what the masters, 4 languages, and 8 years experience is worth.

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    • #3
      Glad you are not struggling! Thats an idea- just stop paying the SS support and see how it plays out regarding our case. It would force the ex's hand to get a job. So- you are saying its worth it to spend the money. Any idea how much?

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      • #4
        Why do you care if she gets a job?

        It's worth it if you need offset more than min wage.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by StillPaying View Post

          I stopped it on my own to not pass years paid vs years married, and fro was fine with this while I brought the matter through the court.

          Hi Still Paying- Can you provide a bit more detail. You stop paying spousal after the length of the marriage and fro didn't enforce it as the matter was in the court /motion to change process? Fro's assumption is that if entitled past the length of the marriage it would be handled within the outcome of the motion to change?

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          • #6
            FRO is not tone deaf. If it's obvious your support should change/stop but you're forced to do a MTC to update the order, they should have no issue not enforcing the current order provided you follow up with them after each appearance.

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