MARRIAGE OF Ida & Benson SHAFFER Ida Shaffer, Appellant, v. Benson Shaffer, Respondent. No. G018552. Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 3, California. Decided: January 29, 1999 wherin the court was perceptive enough to see that Ida was abusing the system.
summary: In this case Ida continually sought work in a field the trial court had specifically steered her away from which allowed her continual 3 year extentions for spousal support because of unemployment. The court recognized that this was in part due to the fact that Family Judges rotate out of the system regularly and that no one judge had been able to clearly see the case for what it was.
The trial judge was perceptive enough to realize what was going on and call a halt to indefinite extentions (for IDA).
he realized that Ida had frittered away ("wasted" was his precise word" at least 10 years during which she might have trained for alternative employment.
How it applies to this case:
Petitioner has had as much time as I have to seek work. She has also wasted time since 2007 when she received her work authorization based on my hard work outside my field of expertise (art and music), and continues to abuse the system and take advantage of me.
This court was perceptive enough to spell out in the FINDINGS AND ORDER AFTER TRIAL what Petitioner's responsibilities are to avoid the potential for abuse by Petitioner:
Specifically: The court defines the result of good faith effort as:
the ability to significantly contribute to her needs
and defines the period of time where these efforts will be apparent as
two years. (Exhibit B, p. 7, line 12)
"With good faith effort she will be able to significantly contribute to her needs in the next two years."