Legal Question in Family Law in Minnesota
Ending support payments
In accordance with our divorce
decree my support payments to my x
wife were to end at my age 65
(2005). Prior to that she went to
court and got a ruling that they were
to continue indefantely. I am about
to retire and since my social security
and pension will be roughly 3200 a
month I cannot continue to pay her
the over 2600 she now gets. She
got half of my retirement account at
the time of the divorce so I would
think the support should end upon
my retirement but the court ruling
doesn't seem to allow that. I have
tried to get her to discuss the issue
but she won't. I really can't afford to
pay for an attorny to resolve the
issue (in the past support issues have
cost me about 20K). What are my
rights and options? Thanks
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Ending support payments
You have to bring a motion to end or change your support obligation. Otherwise it continues. Dennis.