Sentences with phrase «permanent alimony awards»

Not exact matches

Most family law attorneys and divorcing parties seem to believe a short marriage suggests an award of rehabilitative rather than permanent alimony.

The family court had awarded Wife permanent periodic alimony.

Maybe I'm cynical, but when the December 2014 roster listed Ricigliano v. Ricigliano as a case in which the issue was whether the family court erred in failing to award a husband permanent periodic alimony I figured the South Carolina appellate courts had finally found a case in which they would approve an award of rehabilitative alimony.

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.

Spousal maintenance: Also called alimony, spousal maintenance can be awarded on a temporary or permanent basis.

In a sixteen year marriage, where the supported spouse earns $ 30k per year and is working at her full capacity, and the supporting spouse earns $ 60k per year, and fault is not a factor, an award of permanent periodic alimony of $ 500.00 per month is proper.

Permanent support, which is the term used to refer support that will continue after the case is finished, can be awarded in a final hearing on divorce, or an alimony or separate maintenance case.

The courts refer to alimony as spousal maintenance and may award it on a temporary or permanent basis.

Alimony or maintenance may be awarded on a temporary or permanent basis on consideration of the following factors:

The court awards alimony on a temporary or permanent basis based on the owing spouse's ability to pay, the spouses» ages, the duration of the marriage, and the requesting spouse's ability to work.

Alimony, or spousal support, may be awarded to either spouse on a temporary or permanent basis, and may be awarded in a lump sum or by scheduled payments.

the court may not award alimony to any spouse who commits adultery before the court issues a written property settlement or permanent order of separate maintenance.

This section is captioned «Retention of jurisdiction as to alimony and custody of children,» and begins with the phrase «After the issuance of a decree of divorce...» This language seems to create a gap between this section and the pendente lite custody available under section 16 - 911, unless the custody decree was originally conceived by the D.C. Council to be a separate order that would follow the divorce award, thus making section 16 - 914 the permanent custody provision.