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You have a couple options to enforce the Permanent Orders. You can obtain a Judgment against him for that amount plus interest and garnish his bank accounts and wages. The second option is a contempt citation against him for non payment. You can request attorney fees on both options. Your question does not indicate if the 5 years has passed yet.

Anyone can ask for alimony (now called "spousal maintenance" in Colorado), but whether he gets in will depend on a number of factors including, among others, his reasonable needs (how much does he need to live), how much property he gets in the divorce, the length of the marriage, the standard of living during the marriage, if he can work and what he could earn (or does he get SSDI or the like), and if you can afford to give him maintenance and still meet your reasonable needs.

I think your husband is trying to intimidate you. Under the facts you have described, it is unlikely that you will get "nothing" in the divorce. It is possible that a Family Court Judge would determine that some percentage of the equity in the condo is a marital asset, and that your husband may have a claim to it. However, if you have proof that your husband has committed adultery that is grounds for divorce in South Carolina. A South Carolina Family Court judge will consider "marital fault" in making a distribution of marital property and give you a greater portion of the marital assets. Additionally, it is realistic that the Court could order your husband to pay your legal fees and court costs in the divorce along with temporary maintenance and support (alimony).