How to determine the time when spousal support should have started?
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How to determine the time when spousal support should have started?
Spousal support was suppose to commence after escrow closed on sale of home and end when spouse began receiving his pension, or after 18 months spousal support payments have been paid, whichever occurs first. House was taken off the market. Spouse retired 2 years ago. Since house never sold and he is now retired should I have received support from the time the house was taken off the market until he retired? He was living in the house and I have since quit claimed the house to him.
Asked on August 26, 2011 Arizona
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
You need to carefully read the final judgment concerning your marital dissolution in that this document controls the timing of the spousal support that you are entitled to receive.
The way I read your question and the spousal support order, you were to start receiving spousal support when escrow of the community home's sale closed and such would end when your former spouse began receiving his pension, or spousal support begins after eighteen months from the date of the order and ends upon receipt of the former husband receiving his pension, whichever happens first.
The way I read your question and facts is that since the community home did not sell, your spousal support began running eighteen months from the date of the order allowing it and it was to end when your former husband first began receiving his pension.
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