The separation agreement was finalized 2years ago. In the agreement we revisit spousal support every August. Last August when we sat down to review the spousal support the computer spit out a number of zero because she finally had to use the business amounts she should have used during mediation.
So that's my issue. Had we did mediation with the current 2009 totals the computer would have said her amount of entitlement would have been zero which would have drastically changed our negotiations for spousal support. In fact the mediator probably would have looked at our salaries and determined them to be fairly equal and therefore no spousal support would be granted. But because we had to use her 2008 income which was considerable smaller,they granted her spousal support.
So that's my issue. Had we did mediation with the current 2009 totals the computer would have said her amount of entitlement would have been zero which would have drastically changed our negotiations for spousal support. In fact the mediator probably would have looked at our salaries and determined them to be fairly equal and therefore no spousal support would be granted. But because we had to use her 2008 income which was considerable smaller,they granted her spousal support.
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