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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She needs to start looking for a job.  Teaching might be a good start.  She will need to downsize to a town house or apartment.  He will likely argue that paying for dd’s private school is his child support.  She needs to strategize with a financial planner what her priority is.  She needs to get rid of the house she can’t afford, see if she can get a significant portion of his retirement fund in light of his impending inheritance, and lock in that he will pay for dd’s college.  Think long term.[/quote]

I'm not a divorce attorney,  but I've read this forum enough to believe she actually shouldn't get a job. Should she prepare for this eventually? Yes. But as part of divorce proceedings her argument is that she has been basically "unable" to work (we can quibble if this is accurate. I'm a longtime working mom pulling 60% of income) but I think at this stage with the cancer and little to no job history, she's not going to jump right into the workforce and if she does, that could be ruled against her in court. Accurate or not?

I think the alimony and the prenup is almost a ruse. Does she get 50% of all retirement, accumulated assets,  and child support? My understanding is that's pretty standard, so that should hold her over for a good while per OP.

There are a lot of SAHM here who are very confident in that divorce would be NBD and they'd walk away with a ton even without alimony. I don't doubt them, but what's the distinction here? 18 years is a long time of accumulating assets and a 10 year old would get 8 more years of support.[/quote]

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