Why don't you guys quit blaming her for expecting a contract to be followed. They both signed it, so his heirs get a little less. They didn't work for that money either.
Here is a
little more on it:
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GREENBERG, J. Pursuant to a New Jersey judgment of divorce that took effect on July 17, 1973, Barbara Cohan (Barbara) was awarded $540 in monthly alimony payments and $460 in monthly payments for the support and maintenance of their three minor children. Thereafter, Henry H. Cohan (Henry), her former husband, now deceased, failed to make the required payments and was jailed in New Jersey for contempt. To avoid payment, Henry left New Jersey and eventually relocated to Massachusetts.
In 1977, when Henry's whereabouts became known to Barbara, she initiated proceedings under G. L. c. 273A (Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act(3)) and obtained an enforcement order against him. About five years later, and without an evidentiary hearing, a judge of the District Court modified the order so that Henry's alimony payment was reduced. Dissatisfied with the modification, Barbara sought, in the same District Court, restoration of the original amount of alimony contained in the New Jersey decree. As a result, on February 23, 1983, the parties entered into a stipulation that Henry would pay $150 per month for child support until June, 1984, and alimony in the amount of $475 per month "until the death or remarriage of [Barbara]" (emphasis ours). Consideration for the agreement was Barbara's waiver of her claim for reinstatement of the amounts contained in the New Jersey decree. Both parties were represented by counsel, and the handwritten stipulation was approved by a judge of the District Court.
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Yes he was a bastard. He got a divorce and failed to make child support and alimony payments. He ended up going to jail for it and when he was released, he tried moving to another state to again avoid making payments.
The stipulation that alimony would continue either to her death or remarriage was a compromise on her part in exchange for payments that ended up amounting to just over half of what was agreed to 10 years earlier.