You may breathe a sigh of relief once you and your spouse agree on the details of spousal
maintenance in your separation agreement and the divorce becomes final.
Not exact matches
After the parties»
separation July 2000, they entered into an
agreement in August 2000 providing for joint custody and for Mr. Trignani to pay
maintenance.
The
agreement provided, inter alia, that each party waived the right to the other's separate property
in the event of
separation or divorce; each party would keep separate bank accounts; and the husband's
maintenance obligation would be limited to a lump sum payment of $ 20,000.
Where a decree nisi is obtained by consent or where the decree nisi has incorporated
maintenance provisions contained
in the
separation agreement made between the parties the court should not lightly disturb the order and the party seeking the variation must show not only some changes
in circumstances, but conditions which arouse the conscience of the court and call for action.
Enforcing
Maintenance, Support Orders or
Agreements (PDF) This resource, available in text or audio format, explains enforcing court orders and separation agreements that require spousal or child support t
Agreements (PDF) This resource, available
in text or audio format, explains enforcing court orders and
separation agreements that require spousal or child support t
agreements that require spousal or child support to be paid.
The marital
separation agreement often includes decisions such as the division of property and other assets, alimony or
maintenance payments, debt division, and which spouse is allowed to live
in the family home.
[T] o a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor, for alimony to,
maintenance for, or support of such spouse or child,
in connection with a
separation agreement, divorce decree or other order of a court of record, determination made
in accordance with state or territorial law by a governmental unit, or property
agreement, but not to the extent that
When people speak of being legally separated
in New Jersey, they may be referring to the fact that they have entered into a written
separation agreement governing custody and a parenting plan and support (and maybe even division of property and debt); or where, instead of having the marriage dissolved, the spouses filed for separate
maintenance (a type of support proceeding
in New Jersey that results
in the entry of a support order but not dissolution of the marriage) or for divorce a mensa et thoro (divorce from bed and board) that allows the parties to live separately while still remaining married (which some spouses wish to do for religious reasons or, where the insurance plan allows it, to continue with health coverage through the other spouse).
In Nevada, a legal
separation is also called a separate
maintenance agreement.
However, a court wouldn't allow — for example — one of you to be bound by a term
in the
separation agreement that said you could never go to court for
maintenance or child support.
Where a recipient of Deserted Wife's Benefit, Deserted Wife's Allowance, Lone Parent's Allowance or One - Parent Family Payment is receiving
maintenance payments by way of a Family Law Court Order, (either a Family Law Maintenance Order or a Separation Agreement which has gone through the court and has a Maintenance clause in it) and those maintenance payments have not been assessed in deciding his / her rate of payment, then s / he is liable to transfer any payments received to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Employment Affairs and Social Protection, including any payments made in respect o
maintenance payments by way of a Family Law Court Order, (either a Family Law
Maintenance Order or a Separation Agreement which has gone through the court and has a Maintenance clause in it) and those maintenance payments have not been assessed in deciding his / her rate of payment, then s / he is liable to transfer any payments received to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Employment Affairs and Social Protection, including any payments made in respect o
Maintenance Order or a
Separation Agreement which has gone through the court and has a
Maintenance clause in it) and those maintenance payments have not been assessed in deciding his / her rate of payment, then s / he is liable to transfer any payments received to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Employment Affairs and Social Protection, including any payments made in respect o
Maintenance clause
in it) and those
maintenance payments have not been assessed in deciding his / her rate of payment, then s / he is liable to transfer any payments received to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Employment Affairs and Social Protection, including any payments made in respect o
maintenance payments have not been assessed
in deciding his / her rate of payment, then s / he is liable to transfer any payments received to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Employment Affairs and Social Protection, including any payments made
in respect of children.
Jennifer L. Lavin, P.C. is a divorce and family law firm located
in Chicago, Illinois and represents clients located
in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will counties
in all aspects of family law, including but not limited to Divorce, Child Support, Allocation of Parental Responsibilities and Parenting Time,
Maintenance, Property Division, Post-Decree Litigation, Paternity, Same - Sex Marriage, Legal
Separation, Orders of Protection, Prenuptial and Postnuptial
Agreements, and Collaborative Law.
These are detailed
in your
Separation Agreement (commonly referred to when formalized after mediation by Colorado divorce mediators as the «Memorandum of Understanding») and include parenting plan, child support and spousal
maintenance, and property and debt division arrangements earlier agreed to by you or ordered by the Court.
Maintenance payments
in respect of a child, spouse or former spouse made under a
separation agreement or a court order
Without a court order for separate
maintenance or a legally binding
separation agreement, a separated spouse may have little legal recourse
in case of dispute.