Like I said -- although he has been unusually harsh with S occasionally, this is out of character. He is great with S. He is there for him and involved and loving. THe problem is that since the separation, he isn't around quite as much. He's been going out more "with friends" and I mostly believe him but part of me thinks there could be an OW. He told me he "got together with someone" but knowing him there wasn't much to it. He's terribly shy with girls - typically tech geek.
He claims he got legal advice from a good Family Lawyer who knows our local laws. The alimony is calculated by how long we are married. If we get legally separated, then the marriage officially "stops" and the alimony calculations stop from that point, being lower.