I am recently separated. I am fortunate enough to have a fairly high income but I work 80 to 90 hrs a week to earn it. I pay child support and spousal support either of which would be enough for my spouse to live comfortably on and she spends all of it. I honestly don't believe she is capable of saving.
I don't begrudge her a comfortable lifestyle but it seems ridiculous, given that she would be comfortable no matter how this decided, that I have to split my income with her no matter how much I work. I would like to be able to put the income I earn aside for my kids and not see it wasted.
Our settlement entitles me to change jobs as long as I do not work less than 40 hrs a week and I may well do this despite the fact that I love my job because I cannot find the energy to drag myself into work in the middle of the night knowing that it will just go to pay for her fifth trip of the year.
A settlement based on 40 hrs a week would still give her a very comfortable income. Do the courts never consider hard work and initiative. My wife's lawyer seems to be encouraging her to not try to develop any sort of ability to support herself hence it decrease her payments which he then sucks out of her like a lamprey.
I don't begrudge her a comfortable lifestyle but it seems ridiculous, given that she would be comfortable no matter how this decided, that I have to split my income with her no matter how much I work. I would like to be able to put the income I earn aside for my kids and not see it wasted.
Our settlement entitles me to change jobs as long as I do not work less than 40 hrs a week and I may well do this despite the fact that I love my job because I cannot find the energy to drag myself into work in the middle of the night knowing that it will just go to pay for her fifth trip of the year.
A settlement based on 40 hrs a week would still give her a very comfortable income. Do the courts never consider hard work and initiative. My wife's lawyer seems to be encouraging her to not try to develop any sort of ability to support herself hence it decrease her payments which he then sucks out of her like a lamprey.
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