Originally Posted by
Refiner 
You've been divorced 5 years, you're now remarried, and you still have to PAY HIM 45% of your income because he chooses to be a useless drunk? Please dear God I hope I read that wrong!!
I can't speak to CPtA's situation, but I paid my XH alimony for five years after an 11-year marriage. He probably would have gotten 3.5 years if we'd gone to trial in our jurisdiction (and less $ per month), but I just wanted it done so I settled. And child support will be ongoing, absent a change in the custody arrangement. If a financial settlement was signed, everybody will continue to abide by that financial settlement unless there is a significant change in circumstances.