Man did I dig myself in a hole!

[cashcow4ex]

How long was your marriage? The normal duration for SS is 1/2 year to 1 year for each year of marriage. Were you guys married 15-30 years?

Again, mediator bent you over on that one if you agreed to it.

Did you get your agreement reviewed by a lawyer and receive independant legal advice? Or did your mediator draft up the agreement and you both signed without seeking further advice?

We were married for 9 years but together for 15 years. I did seek legal advice and he reviewed the agreement. Everyone thinks I got off easy because of her suposed low income. Everything would have turned out much differently had she gotten her taxes done for 2009 (36,000 after tax) and used them for mediation instead of the (16,000 before tax in 2008).

This is why I am thinking that if she comes back to me this august and says she wants her SS back. I will let her take me to court and take my chances with a judge. She will have to report her current actually income and not the income from 2008 when we lived in the country and her daycare suffered.