It's a pretty standard break out.. as far as I could figure.
As a stay at home mom (I stopped working 20+ years ago to raise the kids) in a long term marriage (over 20 years) I was eligible for 'lifetime alimony'. The standard settlement for our situation, a highly compensated husband and moi with NO income broke out to the following:
Alimony (long term marriage): 30% of his gross income
Child support: Roughly 10% for the minor child
Until my youngest is 21, I receive 40% of his salary in alimony and unallocated child support.
Your STBX IS working, under 20 years of marriage usually falls under 'rehabilitative' alimony which lasts for half the length of the marriage.
Your two salaries have to be taken into account and the amounts adjusted accordingly. Connecticut calls for an 'equitable', not even distribution of income.
What does your lawyer say? I talked to a few attorneys during the divorce settlement to have their input. And I learned things to make sure I included.
Another thing.. judges get annoyed when trial dates change. If she's changed lawyers than the discovery process begins all over again. How does this effect the subpeona? Adultery can be sited as a cause for divorce in CT.
