For those whose divorce did not address the issue of alimony, Massachusetts law also provides that spouses may request
alimony at any time post-judgment.
Experienced in divorce mediation, family law attorney Polly A. Tatum can help you efficiently mediate your alimony issues, ensuring your separation agreement provides you the opportunity to request
alimony at a future date.
Unfortunately, if your divorce has gone final and you do not have a pending claim for
alimony at the time your divorce is finalized, then a North Carolina court does not have jurisdiction to award you alimony.
A Florida court can award
alimony at its discretion after consideration of the factors set forth in Florida law.
It is not unheard of for legal fees in a divorce case with substantial assets and
alimony at stake to reach $ 100,000 or more.
It is not unheard of for legal fees in a divorce case with substantial assets and
alimony at stake to reach $ 100,000 or more.
Often the non military spouse does not need
alimony at the time of the divorce, especially if that spouse can expect to receive a substantial portion of the veteran's military retirement.
However, when Ms. Eason sought
alimony at trial he argued that their agreement violated public policy and the family court agreed.
Terms calling for payment of a lump sum in lieu of
alimony at an increasing scale according to the length of the marriage are common.
Not exact matches
They complain that women get
alimony, or spousal support, and while that has been historic - ally been true, it actually has been rather rare, from about 25 percent of divorces in the 1960s to about 10 percent today or even lower, according to Judith McMullen, a law professor
at Marquette University.
Oh yeah, my ex-wife divorced me (the marriage was less than 20 years) and has refused to use a penny of
alimony or the money she received from me
at the time of the divorce, let alone her own income, for the children.
Also http://time.com/money/4116161/
alimony-reform-spousal-support/: «Unlike child support, which is common when divorcing couple has kids,
alimony awards have always been very rare, going from about 25 % of cases in the 1960s to about 10 % today, said Judith McMullen, a professor of law
at Marquette University.
Otherwise, a judge might grant temporary
alimony while the spouse that stayed
at home retrains in a new career, or revives an old career.
But there are a lot more for bitter (
at least 25), as anyone paying
alimony is probably aware.
When Tim crashes his car into a tree in what appears to be a passive / aggressive suicide attempt, Jim bears some of the blame, having offhandedly suggested moments earlier that Tim, living
at home with a dead - end job and
alimony payments, would be better off dead.
While it absolves you of the debts you owe (except for monies owed in child support &
alimony or unpaid income taxes), it makes obtaining new loans or credit cards extremely unlikely for
at least a year or two and perhaps longer.
Learn about the tax implications of
alimony payments and child support from the tax experts
at H&R Block.
For example, you'd subtract student loan interest, tuition and fees, and
alimony payments from gross income to arrive
at your AGI for the year.
Do you think that forcing a pet owner to be responsible for the costs of housing their animals
at shelters if they decided they didn't want the animal anymore (similar to how we currently lease cars \
alimony payments) would help to prevent the amount of pets which are euthanized?
«We agree that, generally, a supporting spouse's wish to retire
at a customary retirement age will justify a reduction of the
alimony award...,» the court said.
But in a decision issued yesterday, Pierce v. Pierce, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a former spouse's voluntary retirement
at or beyond the age of 65 does not create a rebuttable presumption that
alimony should be terminated.
Instead, we hold that voluntary retirement
at a customary age is simply one factor, albeit an important one, to be considered by the judge in deciding whether to modify the
alimony obligation set forth in a divorce judgment.»
If the supporting spouse is not «
at fault» for the breakup of the marriage and is willing to take the other spouse back, can the family court award
alimony?
In addition, the court looks
at contributions of the non-custodial parent such as amount they pay towards day care, health insurance, any
alimony they pay, and any other child support they are obligated for.
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At The Joseph Firm, our South Florida
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To schedule a free consultation to discuss your
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If you have a question about
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Our Scottsdale Arizona divorce and family law attorneys
at Hildebrand Law, PC have over 100 combined years of experience in handling
alimony, referred to as spousal maintenance, in Arizona.
Alimony awards can be modified or suspended
at any time with the changing circumstances of either spouse.
At Arroyo Copland & Associates, PLLC, our Albany spousal maintenance law attorneys apply decades of professional experience to advise and protect clients on either side of maintenance /
alimony issues.
In fact, there has been legislation mulled in
at least a dozen states that would effectively eliminate
alimony, or
at least lifetime
alimony.
So, for example, if the spouses agree (or a court decides) that the supported spouse should receive $ 1000 a month in rehabilitative
alimony for 24 months, the paying spouse owes $ 24,000; this can be paid monthly, or in a single lump - sum (paid all
at once or in one or more installments).
An
alimony attorney
at Altshuler & Associates can help you negotiate a fair, lasting agreement.
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At our family law firm in Phoenix, exclusively representing men and father's rights, attorney Mark Werner is careful to protect our clients» financial position when discussing
alimony / spousal maintenance guidelines.
So when one uses the term «Contested Divorce» they are generally referring to the fact that the parties are unable,
at least initially, to reach an agreement as to the issues involved such as
alimony or child support.
At Chasnick and Terrasi our Walled Lake Divorce lawyer specialists provide expert legal counsel in matters of marriage Separation,
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During your free initial consultation, the attorneys
at Southpark Family Law can discuss with you whether you may be entitled to receive or obligated to pay Post Separation Support or
Alimony in North Carolina and work with you to ensure your financial peace of mind.
The court will decide whether
alimony provisions are unconscionable, however, by deciding whether they are unfair
at the time of divorce.
Because a lawyer who has experience in spousal support cases in Virginia has a good perspective on what many judges will consider, that lawyer can be useful in looking
at the facts that exist in a person's particular case and in applying them in the best way that is most advantageous to the clients to present to the court when litigating an
alimony case.
This is because trial judges in family law matters have wide discretion in a lot of the fine points of
alimony decisions, much of it exercised
at the trial court level that does not generate binding legal precedents and is not widely available to researchers.
For example, if one individual has been a stay
at home parent for a number of years, and the other spouse has been the sole breadwinner in the family, that would be a case that might have an
alimony or spousal support component to it.
At the Law Offices of Adrian H. Altshuler, we have extensive experience handling separation, divorce, child custody, child support,
alimony and adoption.
To determine
alimony, the court looks
at the respective needs and abilities of both parties.These factors are generally referred to as the
alimony factors:
The idea behind
alimony is to sustain the lesser paying spouse
at a certain financial level that is supposed to be comparable to what existed during the marriage.
In Virginia, the court will look
at how much of the marital property went to each spouse before deciding whether and how much
alimony is appropriate.