Martin Brodeur is being taken to the cleaners!

His wife doesn't deserve any of this - she didn't earn a penny...

The court ruled Brodeur must pay his ex-wife US$500,000 a year until 2020.

Brodeur had appealed, asking that he only be required to pay alimony until he retires, which he estimated to be in 2012. Ex-wife Melanie DuBois asked for alimony payments until 2024, when their youngest child is anticipated to graduate from college.

The court ordered Brodeur, 36, to pay alimony until 2020, the year the youngest child graduates high school.

"Here, the parties always agreed that (the) plaintiff would serve as the full-time caretaker of the children," the court wrote. "In order to do so, she requires financial support and (the) defendant earns sufficient income to effectuate the plan."

A lower court originally awarded DuBois permanent alimony.

In addition to alimony, DuBois was awarded $132,000 in annual child support and more than $9 million in other assets.

He should pay child support - and she should get a job.