Tennessee courts can award one of several types of alimony available, based on a number of factors that generally
include duration of marriage, age and mental health of the receiving spouse, and education and potential need for training for the receiving spouse.
Common factors
include the duration of the marriage, ages and health of the spouses, and each spouse's contribution to the marriage, including the contribution as a homemaker.
Factors that may influence a judge's decision
include duration of the marriage, the role of one spouse as a stay - at - home parent in support of the other spouse's career, an education one spouse acquired during the marriage, or the role of one spouse as a homemaker and caretaker of young children or a child with disabilities.
Other factors affecting marital stability were also identified
including the duration of marriage (increased hazard), the presence of children and the accumulation of property assets (decreased hazard).
In arriving at this decision, the court considers a number of statutory factors,
including the duration of the marriage, the amount of marital property, and each spouse's personal circumstances and potential earnings.
Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes lists 10 factors that the court should consider relevant in determining spousal support,
including the duration of the marriage, the standard of living during the marriage, and the age and physical condition of the spouses.
The court also considers other factors,
including the duration of the marriage and the parties» needs.
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Some
of the factors that are considered in determining the amount
of maintenance to be paid, as well as the
duration for which it will be paid,
include length
of the
marriage, the parties» incomes, age and health
of parties, education, earning capacity and tax consequences.
This will be based on a number
of factors,
including the age
of the parties, the income and resources
of the parties, the
duration of the
marriage, each party's contributions to the
marriage and to the other's employment and education, and any other relevant factors.
In determining the amount and
duration of maintenance the court shall consider: (A) the income and property
of the respective parties
including marital property distributed pursuant to subdivision five
of this part; (B) the
duration of the
marriage and the age and health
of both parties; (C) the present and future earning capacity
of both parties; (D) the ability
of the party seeking maintenance to become self - supporting and, if applicable, the period
of time and training necessary therefor; (E) reduced or lost lifetime earning capacity
of the party seeking maintenance as a result
of having foregone or delayed education, training, employment, or career opportunities during the
marriage; (F) the presence
of children
of the
marriage in the respective homes
of the parties; (G) the tax consequences to each party; (H) contributions and services
of the party seeking maintenance as a spouse, parent, wage earner and homemaker, and to the career or career potential
of the other party; (I) the wasteful dissipation
of marital property by either spouse; (J) any transfer or encumbrance made in contemplation
of a matrimonial action without fair consideration; and (K) any other factor which the court shall expressly find to be just and proper.
These factors
include the standard
of living the couple had while married, the
duration of the
marriage, the age and condition
of each spouse, both spouses» financial resources, the contribution
of each spouse to the
marriage, the earning capacity
of each spouse and sources
of income available to each spouse.
The court considers the
duration of the
marriage, individual assets and potential for bringing in money, how much each contributed to the marital property,
including homemaking, and who will have physical custody
of the children.
To determine the amount and
duration of spousal maintenance, the court may consider a number
of factors,
including the length
of the
marriage, the financial resources
of each spouse and the standard
of living enjoyed during the
marriage.
In awarding alimony, the court considers a number
of factors,
including the financial position
of each spouse, the
duration of the
marriage, the earning capacity
of each spouse and the contribution
of either spouse as homemaker.
In determining the need,
duration, and amount
of maintenance, the court considers the finances
of each spouse,
including income, debts, tax liability, investments, and property, the work experience and earning capacity
of each spouse,
including education and training, the age and physical abilities
of each spouse, the
duration of the
marriage, and the standard
of living attained during the
marriage.
Various factors are taken into consideration when distributing assets
including the incomes
of the parties prior to and at the beginning
of the divorce,
duration of the
marriage, need to occupy the marital home, loss
of inheritance or pension rights, maintenance awards, future financial circumstances
of each spouse, tax consequences, dissipation
of assets, contributions as a non-wage earner to the income
of the spouse and home, and the character
of the property itself.
Duration, which is computed by subtracting the year
of marriage from the year
of interview (1992/93), is
included to net out differential exposure to health benefits
of marriage.
Some
of those 17 factors
of alimony in PA
include: the relative earnings and earning capacities
of the spouses,
duration of the
marriage, contribution
of one spouse a homemaker, contribution
of one spouse to the education
of the other, the standard
of living during the
marriage, age, and physical and mental health
of the parties.
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.