Tehachapi, CA Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

Nebraska is a no fault state for divorce, so it is not "illegal" in the sense that it would get you into criminal trouble or civil court consequences. However, I advise everyone going through a divorce to avoid dating until the divorce is finalized for the reason that it overly complicates and emotionally charges the situation. If you do choose to date anyway, do not introduce your children to any new partner until the divorce is finalized.

It will be difficult for her to make up for all the years of income building, reputation building, learning, and promotions that she has missed. Getting hired when you are nearing 60 is not going to be easy for her. Child Support and Spousal Support are two separate things. Child Support is a simple calclation based on father's income, mother's income, and the amount of time spent living with each (and some other factors which impact the calculation to some degree). Spousal Support is based on the court's investigation of many, many factors in determining the standard of living during the marriage and how much the non-working parent gave up in order to raise children and provide a stable home to the working spouse, for a final order of spousal support, the Judge cannot use a computer formula, as they do for child support. Without knowing some very important details, I would estimate that if the child is shared, child support will be about $1,000 per month and spousal support will be about $2,000 per month, meaning she will have to live on only about $3,000 per month until she gets a job, at which time those amounts may change to some degree (depending on how high her earnings are), or not change at all if she still isn't up to her former standard of living with the 3 k and her own income. Spousal Support is a complicated area of law, I suggest you seek out legal assistance.