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[SheilaT]

I drove the 12 hours, and my attorney convinced me that I was better off accepting the offer of reduced (by 60%) maintenance, and an equally reduced amount of back money. He's been out of work for over a year and a half, and has the excuse of the crappy economy to not even be looking. The particular judge we were in front of, according to my attorney, in a recent case quite similar to mine, decided to reduce the maintenance to zero and revisit it in two years.

I'm outraged, but there's apparently nothing I can do. My attorney convinced me that I was running a far greater risk of getting nothing than settling for the pittance.