Sentences with phrase «appropriate alimony award»

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In addition to certain spending restraints, your separation order may also include provisions awarding child support, alimony, child custody, right to possess the marital home, health insurance coverage, and any other award the judge deems appropriate in your case.

Alimony is only awarded when the judge finds it appropriate.

In Pennsylvania, alimony is regarded as a secondary remedy awarded in cases where the division of marital property does not provide sufficient economic resources to enable a dependent spouse to achieve self - support through appropriate employment.

According to Kentucky law, either spouse may be awarded alimony, also called maintenance, if he or she lacks the property to provide for his or her own needs, and is unable to find appropriate employment, or is unable to work because of obligations to care for children or others in his or her custody.

The court will not award alimony unless, after considering these factors, it determines alimony is appropriate.

When deciding on the appropriate split, the court evaluates several factors, including how long the marriage lasted, spouse age, health and income, and whether alimony has been awarded.

By way of example, if a spouse gambles away savings and retirement funds (or has used income to maintain a drug or other addiction which took money away from the family unit), and the remaining assets are inadequate to allow the other spouse to recoup her share of what was squandered (in addition to what he or she otherwise would receive), an appropriate savings and retirement component can be included in (added to) the base alimony award.

In making an equitable apportionment of marital property, the family court must give weight in such proportion as it finds appropriate to all of the following factors: (1) the duration of the marriage along with the ages of the parties at the time of the marriage and at the time of the divorce; (2) marital misconduct or fault of either or both parties, if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances of the parties or contributed to the breakup of the marriage; (3) the value of the marital property and the contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, preservation, depreciation, or appreciation in value of the marital property, including the contribution of the spouse as homemaker; (4) the income of each spouse, the earning potential of each spouse, and the opportunity for future acquisition of capital assets; (5) the health, both physical and emotional, of each spouse; (6) either spouse's need for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse's income potential; (7) the non marital property of each spouse; (8) the existence or nonexistence of vested retirement benefits for each or either spouse; (9) whether separate maintenance or alimony has been awarded; (10) the desirability of awarding the family home as part of equitable distribution or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody of any children; (11) the tax consequences to each or either party as a result of equitable apportionment; (12) the existence and extent of any prior support obligations; (13) liens and any other encumbrances upon the marital property and any other existing debts; (14) child custody arrangements and obligations at the time of the entry of the order; and (15) such other relevant factors as the trial court shall expressly enumerate in its order.