Court Modifies Alimony from $1600 to $6000 Per Month
by
Joseph C. Maya on Jun. 30, 2017
Divorce & Family Law Divorce Divorce & Family Law
Summary: A blog post about a case in which a court modified an alimony payment due to income increase and health deterioration.
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A court can modify alimony, because the husband’s income increased four times, the wife experienced health problems and the previous alimony award was insufficient to maintain the wife’s standard of living.
The parties, who did not have children, were married 26 years and divorced on Sept. 12, 2012. Defendant husband worked as a bond trader at a hedge fund company until 2006. The husband went to work at Credit Suisse, and he moved from the parties’ home in Roxbury, Connecticut to a penthouse in New York City. In 2009, the husband lost his job. The husband cashed in individual retirement accounts and used that money to meet living expenses until he found another job working as a bond salesman. In August of 2013, the parties agreed that the husband, who earned $1,108 net per week, would pay alimony of $1,600 per month. The husband’s income increased to $6,730 gross per week when he went to work at Zazove Associates. The wife, who worked as a teacher until 2004, applied for entry level positions without success and then worked at a nonprofit in Florida and earned $65 per week. The wife experienced health problems, and the previous alimony award was insufficient to maintain the wife’s standard of living. The wife owned property worth $239,654 at the time of divorce. She used the assets to meet living expenses and the assets decreased to $10,745. The wife established a substantial change in circumstances, because the husband’s income was four times the amount that he earned in 2013. The court found that an increase in alimony was merited, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §46b-82. The wife also proved that the husband did not comply with a provision that he provide written proof of insurance once per year. The court ordered the husband to pay alimony of $6,000 per month and to contribute $15,000 toward the wife’s attorney fees.
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Source: Idone v. Idone, No. LLIFA104009730S, 2016 Conn. Super. LEXIS 141 (Super. Ct. Jan. 19, 2016).
