Connecticut Court Modifies Alimony, Child Support After Husband Lost Job
by
Joseph C. Maya on Jun. 26, 2017
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Summary: A blog post about a case in which a court allowed a husband altered alimony and child support payments after he lost his job and had a lowered income.
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A husband proved that a substantial change in circumstances took place when he lost his job and received unemployment compensation.
When the parties divorced in March 2015, defendant husband agreed to pay alimony of $112 per week until the wife’s death, marriage or March 31, 2025, whichever took place first. He also agreed to pay child support of $266 per week for their two minor children. In Oct. 2015, the husband moved to modify and claimed that a substantial change of circumstances took place, because his income, which was $293,000 gross per year in early 2015, decreased to $32,500, after he lost his job with The New York Times in early 2015. Although he apparently found another job with New Jersey Media Group, he lost that job in Oct. 2015, and he no longer received severance payments from The New York Times. He received unemployment benefits of $646 net per week. The husband testified that he actively searched for another job and was a strong candidate for two jobs. Plaintiff wife, who worked for the Stamford public school system, earned $865 net per week in March 2015 and her income increased to $894 net per week. The court found that a substantial change in circumstances took place, as a result of the husband‘s loss of employment, and it ordered the husband to pay alimony of $62 per week, retroactive to Nov. 5, 2015, plus $18 per week on the arrearage. The court decreased child support to $98 per week, plus $25 per week on the arrearage. A provision in the separation contract that concerned severance payments was not modifiable, and the court denied the husband‘s motion to modify.
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Source: CT Law Tribune
