In Re the Marriage of Travis Sisson and Alfronia Sisson Upon the Petition of Travis Sisson

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• noting that in order to support a modification in spousal support, the changed circumstances must not have been within the contemplation of the court at the time of the decree
• finding a substantial change in circumstances where one party discovers a serious cancer after the decree
• considering former wife’s receipt of monthly child- support payments from former husband when wife’s monthly expenses included expenses incurred in caring for their children
• declining to “fully consider the potential availability of future social security benefits because the record contained no evidence as to the availability or amount of such benefits”
• extending rehabilitative spousal support payments after former wife’s cancer diagnosis
• noting the primary goal of rehabilitative alimony is self-sufficiency

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