There should be a provision that states that if the husband's income is reduced then the ex-wife's alimony is proportionally reduced just as it would be if they were still married. Otherwise, if you make a deal with someone that they will stay home and take care of the household and suport you in your business and you will take care of them and provide for them including in their retirement, you can't change your mind later and then cry foul when you are held to your end of the bargain.
I can't bring myself to shed a tear for this guy just yet. The article doesn't tell us who quit the marriage. If he left, then he needs to pay just as I stated above. If she left then, it is as if she left a job and she no longer gets her "pay" i.e. alimony. I am speaking of long marriages here in which the wife has not worked outside the home for >20 years. I do feel that for marriages that last for less than that amount of time, alimony payments should be time-limited and gradually lessened so as to allow the left behind spouse an opportunity to get reacclimated and/or re-educated to the workforce.
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