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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I must agree with the P.P.'s who have stated that a ten-year award of alimony was excessive, based on the facts the O.P. has provided to us here.

Couple the age of the ex-wife with the short duration of their childless marriage, and a three-year award of "rehabilitative alimony" should have been the maximum given.  Maybe only a one-year, or two-year award.

A ten-year award is either punitive for the O.P., or based on some sort of special circumstances which we haven't been made aware of (i.e., she was disabled, or became disabled during the course of the marriage).

Based on the facts we've been provided, I'm not sure that a ten-year award of spousal support would have survived an appellate challenge.

Did the ten-year period come out of a judicial determination?

Or, did you agree to it, as one part of an overall settlement?

Did the $50K attorneys ever suggest an appeal of the 10 -year award?

In which state did this occur?

Something isn't adding up here, although the suggestions of conducting a cost-benefit analysis, for determining how to go forward, should still hold.[/quote]

If he was married in CA, 10 years is a benchmark for assets and spousal support. Not an expert, but this is why Tom Cruise filed for divorce one month before the 10 year anniversary with Nicole Kidman.[/quote]

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