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Q The date that was agreed upon for the
duration of the spousal support payments was
January 31st, 1992. How was that date agreed upon?
A My recollection is, like most items in this,
it was a negotiated settlement. And her -- Mrs. Hill's
original request was for thirty-six months. And there
was some dialogue back and forth which I don't remember
the specifics on, but we finally -- my position was to
split the difference, and that's what it's going to be.
Petitioner testified as follows:
Q Did you ever discuss with him why that
particular -- why he chose that particular date?
A It wasn't a date that he really chose. We
had discussed over the phone during these several
conversations sort of a timeframe. And thinking about
Christina become -- becoming eighteen, I wanted it to
at least cover that period of time. Christina was very
young. She was graduating from high school at age
seventeen. At that point I didn't know if she was
going to be going away to college her first year.
* * * * * * *
And I wanted to be -- to have a lifestyle for her
that she would be comfortable with, should I remarry.
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I wasn't concerned about having compensation for
myself for eighteen months or five years or twenty
years. It was for Christina. It was for Christina's
expenses.
Petitioner testified that she told her divorce attorney that
she wanted to have funds to support Christina until she became
18.
Petitioner's and James Little's testimony shows that they
negotiated how long James Little would pay spousal support to
petitioner after she remarried. James Little did not say whether
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