I'm confused! In California, a common property State, the "dissomaster" is used at the time of dissolution to determine both spousal support and child support. The dissomaster program only seems to require information on income and housing expense to make the determination of support amount. I assume this is due to all other debts and property have been equally divided in the settlement process. My situation is, that after thirteen years of divorce from a "long term" marriage, my ex-spouse has filed for spousal support. The court held jurisdiction over spousal support from the original marital settlement agreement and no spousal support was ordered at that time. My ex-spouse has been self supporting for the past thirteen years, albeit, she has had significant health issues limiting her ability to provide for a very adequate income. Now, being on disability, she has asked for spousal support and her attorney has used the dissomaster as the basis for determining the amount for support. Because it's thirteen years later, our personal property and debts are no longer equal. How is it that the dissomaster can be fairly applied for determination of support without taking into consideration the debts and other expenses of the supporting spouse?:confused:

That's odd for two reasons, #1 Disso's are only used for temporary support not long term, #2 the Court does retain the jurisdiction re: spousal support, however the court may consider the lapse in time as indicated. Have you hired an attorney? One question I would have as the Judge is that did the spouse have these health condition prior to dissolution and to what degree?Also, its possible the Court will not consider the property and the debts could work in your advantage.

Please look at the posting dates - this is well over 3 years old and OP has not been back.