In fact, a court can, and should, consider thirteen statutory factors when
ordering alimony payments.
Courts may
order alimony payments as part of a divorce decree and will typically order the paying spouse to make payments directly to the receiving spouse.
Not exact matches
This includes child support
orders, court -
ordered alimony, or Chapter 13 bankruptcy
payments.
Discharge types of debts singled out by the federal bankruptcy statutes for special treatment, such as child support,
alimony, student loans, certain court
ordered payments, criminal fines, and some taxes.
However, certain debts are not dischargeable under Chapter 7; most student loans, recent taxes,
alimony, child and court
ordered support
payments and drunk driving judgment.
You can count child support and
alimony as income if you have the court
order mandating the
payments and proof that they have actually been made for the last six months.
Domestic Relations
Order - Any judgment, decree, or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that (1) provides child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a participant, and (2) is made pursuant to a state's domestic relations law (including a community property
Order - Any judgment, decree, or
order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that (1) provides child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a participant, and (2) is made pursuant to a state's domestic relations law (including a community property
order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that (1) provides child support,
alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a participant, and (2) is made pursuant to a state's domestic relations law (including a community property law).
Family courts attempt to balance these circumstances through
alimony, a
payment that the court may
order one person to make to the other when a couple separates or divorces.
For example, if the party receiving
alimony decides to get remarried, the Arizona court has a legal obligation to terminate any remaining
alimony payments, unless both parties agreed in the
alimony order that the remarriage of the spouse receiving the
alimony payments would not have those
payments terminated upon remarriage.
I wish to hire your legal service to help me file a petition against my ex-husband for failure to make court
ordered payment for Child Support,
Alimony and Medical Support.
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Alimony Cavanagh was
ordered to pay support in a specified amount per week as well as interest on any
payments in default, from the date of default.
The court will issue
orders about child custody, child support,
alimony, the
payment of attorney fees, the
payment of community debts, and the use of community property by one spouse or the other during the pendency of the case.
After the family court issued a final
order awarding her $ 500.00 per month in permanent periodic
alimony, Wife filed a motion pursuant to Rule 59 (e), SCRCP, requesting the family court reconsider its decision to not award her attorney's fees and credit her the
payments she made on the second mortgage.
In
order for
alimony payments to be deductible, federal tax laws and regulations require the following:
Does the court - issued
order clearly appear to relate to the allowance of child support,
alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a participant?
Alimony payments will often last for a certain number of years, and the court can
order a life insurance policy that will guarantee that the spouse will have this amount of money if the ex-spouse were to pass away.
Oftentimes in a divorce agreement, life insurance coverage will be required in
order to secure both
alimony and the
payment of child support.
It is probable that even if you receive
alimony payments, you may be required to find employment in
order to meet your living expenses.
• Adept at drafting and typing a variety of correspondence to clients to effect
payment of court -
ordered payments such as child support and
alimony
If the court issues an
order for missed
payments, the judgment can be paid from a wage garnishment
order wherein a percentage of the owing spouse's paycheck is withheld and transferred to the spouse owed
alimony.
In some cases, such as when a spouse is considered unreliable, a court might
order lump - sum
alimony, which is a one - time
payment.
Lump sum
alimony is a specific amount of money the court
orders one spouse to pay to the other all at once or in
payments over time.
If one of your clients expects to receive spousal maintenance or
alimony as part of a divorce settlement or court
order, you may want to delay finalizing that client's divorce until the beginning of 2019 so he or she won't have to pay tax on the
alimony or spousal maintenance
payments.
Regardless of how long you have been
ordered — or have agreed — to pay
alimony, you may be able to cut off your
payments if your former spouse cohabits with a romantic partner.
In Iowa,
alimony is a
payment that replaces a spouse's legal obligation to support his spouse during the marriage and it must be court -
ordered.
(12) «Obligee» means the person to whom
payments are made pursuant to an
order establishing, enforcing, or modifying an obligation for
alimony, for child support, or for
alimony and child support.
(13) «Obligor» means a person responsible for making
payments pursuant to an
order establishing, enforcing, or modifying an obligation for
alimony, for child support, or for
alimony and child support.
In
order to qualify for
alimony, the requesting spouse must prove need and that the paying spouse is financially able to make the
payments.
How you proceed depends on whether you have a separation agreement or court
order that provides for your
alimony payment.
Relief might include temporary
orders for
alimony or child support, as well as a demand on your spouse for
payment of all attorney's fees.
Lump Sum
Alimony - money
ordered to be paid by one spouse to another in a limited number of
payments, often a single
payment.
Under state law, after a divorce decree is issued, an automatic withholding
order is sent to the employer so that
alimony and child support
payments are withheld from his wages.
Both processes also allow for solutions that differ from what a court might be able to
order - such as a lump sum
payment in lieu of
alimony.