What crap: Mother of Connecticut shooter got $250K/year+ in alimony

[HeinousMark]

this rabbit hole runs deep.....

father of this shooter, future witness to Libor scandal (about a $135Trillion, yes, Trillion) scandal

father of Aurora shooter, future witness to Libor scandal

WTF are you babbling about now?

[MatthewT]

i didn't say anything

[DogStar69]

Serious question: How does this happen??? No, really, how....why.....???? the home, the kids' college, etc., I can kinda see, but well over half of his earnings, too? I mean you hear about this shit all the time, but how the fuck do they justify this kinda shit?????

Why does divorce cost so much, because it's worth it.

[Super Mario]

Dad makes $445,000/year. She doesn't work. They have joint custody.

- He has to give well over 50% to his wife.

- She gets the house.

- She gets half the Red Sox tickets.

- He had to buy the kid a car out of his expenses.

- He had to pay for his college.

Im going to find a man like that

[Super Mario]

He must be somewhat traumatized. I will soothe him!

[Mlaw]

Dad makes $445,000/year. She doesn't work. They have joint custody.

- He has to give well over 50% to his wife.

- She gets the house.

- She gets half the Red Sox tickets.

- He had to buy the kid a car out of his expenses.

- He had to pay for his college.

Alimony in CT is based on a formula just like child support. Looks like the husband agreed to have all of his support categorized as alimony for the tax benefit, since the article you posted doesn't reflect a child support payment

[Mlaw]

It also doesn't seem to reflect any division on his GE pension (which I an certain is worth a shit load) So he likely opted for more income distribution in the short term.

It was also AN AGREEMENT, meaning he voluntarily chose to pay what he did

[Lucky Pierre]

Alimony in CT is based on a formula just like child support. Looks like the husband agreed to have all of his support categorized as alimony for the tax benefit, since the article you posted doesn't reflect a child support payment

The kid was 17 at the time of their divorce in 2009.

Why would he still be paying child support in 2012 when he was a 20 year-old, especially when she already had the house and his education paid for?

[Mlaw]

The kid was 17 at the time of their divorce in 2009.

Why would he still be paying child support in 2012 when he was a 20 year-old, especially when she already had the house and his education paid for?

because child support is due until the child is emancipated. which means either he's not a student, married, in college or in the militray--or 23. He still has to eat, be clothed. She maintained the roof over his head. Utilities, insurance, water/sewer etc.

[Gomez]

Never get married.

you won't have to worry about that

[Lucky Pierre]

because child support is due until the child is emancipated. which means either he's not a student, married, in college or in the militray--or 23. He still has to eat, be clothed. She maintained the roof over his head. Utilities, insurance, water/sewer etc.

Ok, but why does she get so much alimony and for so long? The article mentions alimony indefinitely until his death.

[HeinousMark]

Ok, but why does she get so much alimony and for so long? The article mentions alimony indefinitely until his death.

I'm being totally sincere, I don't understand this, though it is much more extreme (I hope!!!!) than average. The original concept of Alimony is understandable, but this kinda money/percentage is way beyond insane..... And I didn't read the whole article, but based on LP's assertion, does this mean that even if she had remarried, she would still be getting that much money from the ex-husband???? The only bright spot I see here is that there are SOME positives about being a hopeless lonesome loser.

[Mlaw]

I'm being totally sincere, I don't understand this, though it is much more extreme (I hope!!!!) than average. The original concept of Alimony is understandable, but this kinda money/percentage is way beyond insane..... And I didn't read the whole article, but based on LP's assertion, does this mean that even if she had remarried, she would still be getting that much money from the ex-husband???? The only bright spot I see here is that there are SOME positives about being a hopeless lonesome loser.

Alimony stops when a person remarries (in Mass if they live with someone for more than 6 mos). The article doesn't show the whole agreement, but generally alimony is paid because the spouse has no means of earning an income