No, just spousal support. I'm the youngest at 24.
No, see, my mother was awarded $1600 a month in alimony payments and another $700 a month in "rent" payments for the house (even though my dad said he didn't want the house under any circumstances). Even when my dad was healthy and working, he only made $3600 a month take home. Meaning that before he even saw a dime of it, they were taking out $2300. He's working a 40+ hour a week job and he's only taking home $1300 a month at the end of the day.
He got hurt in November of 2010 and was unable to work since then. However, they didn't reduce the alimony until October of last year, meaning while he was getting NO money they were still charging those amounts. When he finally got SSD they reduced it for $500 a month alimony ("rent" stayed the same). But he still had to pay back all of the previous alimony under the $1600 pricetag, meaning he had to take out a mortgage on the house to pay off the owed money.
He only gets $2000 a month in SSD, meaning they're taking out $1200 before he even sees a dime. Keep in mind that he has to take care off all the bills of a 2900 square foot home, plus the taxes, plus other expenses (lawyer bills, credit card bills, water, heat, etc.). I try to pitch in all I can, but they took away my unemployment and I can't find a decent job to save my life (I haven't been able to get back to school thanks to this mess, either).
This was the one hope, the light at the end of the tunnel that would at least let my dad get back on his feet. Give him a chance to start over. He got nothing. No reduction in alimony, no chance in the division of marital assets (which also ruled heavily in my mother's favor), nothing.
God. F***ing. Dammit. That's all that I can say at this point.
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