A man in New York was ordered by a divorce court to pay spousal support to his wife, with the only grounds for stopping support being death, the wife's remarriage, or a significant loss of income to the husband. The man took a voluntary retirement at the age of fifty, and now refuses to pay any more spousal support claiming that his income has dropped to nothing. He did not seek court approval for the cessation of alimony. Can the ex-wife get a court to order him to resume payments?

