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$224,450 on July 3, 1980, and $100,000 by August 1, 1980, for
certain objects of art. Dr. Ehrenworth agreed to pay $7,000 per
year to support Richard and Andrew until they began their post-
high-school education or were emancipated. At the time of the
settlement, Richard was 11 and Andrew was 15.
Dr. Ehrenworth agreed to pay Mrs. Spector $800 per week for
12 years regardless of Mrs. Spector's financial circumstances,
income, or health and regardless of whether Dr. Ehrenworth's or
Mrs. Spector's financial circumstances changed. They agreed that
the payments would cease if Mrs. Spector died but not if she
remarried. Their support agreement stated that these payments
were alimony. Mrs. Spector agreed to maintain a life insurance
policy on the life of Dr. Ehrenworth which had a face value of
$300,000. If Dr. Ehrenworth died before making all the weekly
payments to Mrs. Spector, he agreed that his estate would pay the
balance, less the insurance proceeds Mrs. Spector received. The
weekly payments provision was the only provision for support in
the support agreement.
Dr. Ehrenworth and Mrs. Spector negotiated the division of
their marital assets. They then used the weekly payments both to
achieve an acceptable division of their marital assets and to
provide support for Mrs. Spector.
Mrs. Spector and Dr. Ehrenworth were divorced on July 7,
1980. The judgment of divorce provided that the:
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