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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To play devil's advocate: OP detrimentally relied on DH's promise of lifetime commitment. To give her the benefit of the bargain, so to speak, she is entitled to:

(1) the  present value of half her husband's future earnings until retirement plus his retirement until his actuarial life expectancy

less:

(2) half of the present value of her projected income until retirement  plus her retirement until his actuarial life expectancy (assuming he has a lower life expectancy).

plus:

(3) half of their current net assets less half of their current net debts.

It sounds like the current offer is (3) plus 1/3 of the mortgage for three years and whatever she's legally entitled to from his retirement. From a contract perspective that sounds like not enough. I don't know what she's "legally entitled to" from his retirement, but that seems like the biggest hole. The present value of a retirement account is the value projected to retirement age and then discounted to present value. She's entitled to half of that.

Below I've pasted some info I found on the internet:[/quote]

I agree with this analysis and with the OP's sense that she should get alimony for more than three years based on having put her career second to support her husband's career.  Yes, she chose to do that.  However, she chose to do that in reliance on her reasonable expectation that marriage is a lifelong commitment.  Conceptually, the professional opportunities that DH was able to exploit as a result of her willingness to move around and presumably do more at home (to enable him to do what he needed to do to fast track at work) should be considered a joint investment in his future earnings.  She subsidized his career growth, so she should share in the long-term rewards.[/quote]

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