Yes, I did know that at one point. Probably just feeling some uncertainty about the new tax code and how a private agreement in contravention of the law change (but grandfathered in) would be treated. I suppose for me the good news is that he is very unlikely to pull it together and present an agreement that I would accept before 12/31, so pretty clearly we will be under the new law where the alimony, like the child support, will be taxable to him. I like simplicity. It holds a certain appeal for me. Limbo I hate, but you guys know that. I think this is my own private version of hell. I'm a doer who can't do. Instead I'm playing a waiting game being controlled by a mentally-ill passive aggressive who believes I am the source of all things evil in the universe, but who cannot seem to pull it together to be rid of me.