Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

Paying Maintenance to Exwife

After nineteen years of marriage my wife and I

divorced in 1992. We had no children and she didn't

make much money on the job she had at the time. But

she has been employed at a local hospital now for

approximately seven or eight years and has a good

income. She and her sister have bought a house in the

fifty thousand dollar range and they live together in

it now. I became disabled in Sept. of 2000 and now live on railroad disability. I have paid maintenance

in the amount of 350.00 a month ever since we were

divorced. And now that she has moved into the house

with her sister, she rents out a mobile home that

she lived in herself. I would like to know if I have

any chance of ending the maintenance.


Asked on 11/27/01, 2:33 am

3 Answers from Attorneys
Philip Owens Philip M. Owens, Attorney at Law

Re: Paying Maintenance to Exwife

I do not know whether your maintenace was established by agreement or by the Court. At any rate it would be wise to seek the advice of local counsel to see what change of circumstances may do in your particular case. All cases are different so don't rely on what other have done.

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Answered on 11/27/01, 8:05 am
Matthew Leveridge Hays, Leveridge & Leveridge, PLLC

Re: Paying Maintenance to Exwife

Of course, every situation is different. In your situation, from what you have said, it sounds like you have a fair chance of getting your maintenance payments stopped or at least reduced.

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Answered on 11/27/01, 8:52 am
Gregg Manes Gregg A. Manes, Esq.

Re: Paying Maintenance to Exwife

One must look to the divorce decree. Was the sustenance alimony treated as a property distribution or not. The Court retains jurisdiction to modify, if the decree says it does

Good Luck!!!!

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Answered on 12/05/01, 5:35 pm


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