Please respond only if you’ve had success in a reduction. My situation:

  • 17 year marriage (we are both 52)
  • 3 kids (all over 18)
  • Divorced in 2016
  • Still paying alimony (ex claims zero income)
  • Ex runs a small business hence zero income
  • Received her graduate degree post marriage

My attorney recently threatened her with a vocational evaluation which she didn’t want to do. Instead she’s agreed to negotiate out of court. So my question is, based on your experience in California; what is the best and most practical offer in reducing and eventually ending alimony?