Legal Question in Family Law in Utah

I have been married for 11 years. Divorcing with 2 children (7,8). She only worked a part time job. I put myself through school working a full time job and went to school fulltime. I started to work a second job to pay off some debt that incurred during school. The second job was a source of contention. I only worked at the job for about the last 1.5 year of the marriage. I had to drop the second job because I wanted to see my kids more, and she didn't like me working the second job. We seperated in August and that is when I dropped the second job. We tried to reconcile but couldn't and filed in December. The problem is, she thinks I currently make what I made the past 1.5 year with the second job and wants alimony based off of that income. She now works full time at a less paying job with a better schedule but if you factor in child support I make approx $120 more a month than she does. Can the courts factor that wage earned with the second job and make me work a second job?


Asked on 4/13/12, 9:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

Depending on all of your financial and income history the court will decide if and the amount of alimony. If you customarily work 2 jobs the court MAY find that the total of both incomes should be used to calculate child support and alimony. However, you can enter your defense of working one job to assist with parenting.

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Answered on 4/13/12, 10:15 am


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