Sentences with phrase «award alimony only»
Generally, a court will award alimony only in limited circumstances.
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Only 15 percent of all divorced women are awarded alimony, and more than one out of four never receive any of the awarded alimony payments.
Some states do not award alimony unless there is some form of wrongful conduct and those are often times only seen in fault divorces, where one spouse can prove something like abandonment, financial abuse, addiction, physical abuse, adultery, child abuse, etc. most states, now, are no fault, and if alimony is available it's often only rehabilitative.
Alimony is only awarded when the judge finds it appropriate.
Most people think a post-nuptial agreement will only address the events that occur if spouses divorce (such as how property will be divided, whether and how much alimony will be awarded, etc.).