It is most often seen as a temporary measure to provide
the spouse receiving the support with the time to find a method of supporting themselves or get the necessary training to do so.
In other words, while the court will not terminate spousal support on a specific date, they can set a termination date which will go into effect unless
the spouse receiving support applies for an extension prior to that date.
Heft Law has extensive experience working on spousal support in Ontario, striving diligently to ensure
spouses receiving support receive all that they are entitled to and those paying support are not overpaying or being taken advantage of.
For
the spouse receiving support, the payments count as income and are taxable.
The material change must relate to the ability of the spouse paying support to pay or the needs of
the spouse receiving support.
Not exact matches
The biggest sticking point often relates to when the marriage began, which can dictate how assets are divided and whether a
spouse receives alimony (also known as spousal
support).
If the moneyed
spouse has been divorced more than once, will payments to previous
spouses and / or children reduce the amount of spousal or child
support that a third
spouse for instance is likely to
receive?
Through such relationships, parents may
receive advice and empathy that increases their ability to
support their depressed
spouse and positively shape his or her parenting behavior.»
Through such relationships, parents may
receive advice and empathy that increases their ability to
support their depressed
spouse and positively shape his or her parenting behavior.»
In contrast, husbands just said they feel frustrated, whether giving
support to their
spouse or
receiving it.
As used in this paragraph, a «Covered Borrower» means any person who, at the time such person becomes obligated on a loan transaction or establishes an account for consumer credit, satisfies the requirements under any one or more of the following classifications, or is otherwise under applicable laws deemed to be a «Covered Borrower» under the Military Lending Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The
spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's
support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self
support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to
receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's household.
Alimony, child
support or maintenance income you
receive from a former
spouse can help you meet a lender's income requirements to qualify for a mortgage loan.
Another benefit of using a Credit Shelter Trust is that your surviving
spouse retains the right to
receive income from the trust during her lifetime, and can also access funds from it for health, education, maintenance and
support reasons.
If you are the custodial parent, you may wonder whether you're better off
receiving a larger amount of direct
support and paying the third parties yourself, or letting your former
spouse make those payments and getting less direct
support.
This can ensure that the amount of spousal
support agreed upon is enough to help the
receiving spouse support him or herself, without overburdening the paying
spouse.
A
spouse may be awarded alimony after the court considers factors like the financial status of both
spouses, whether the parties are able to
support themselves, the time and expense necessary for either
spouse to
receive job or educational training, and the standard of living and duration of the marriage.
There is also precedent
supporting the stopping of spousal maintenance payments when the recipient
spouse receiving spouse gets an inheritance.
If the parties enter a separation agreement that a
supported spouse repudiates prior to court approval, would that
supported spouse's post-agreement adultery bar him or her from
receiving alimony?
The first part of determining alimony is deciding if a
spouse is eligible to
receive support from the other.
The formula is modified for
spouses with split custody, shared custody or mixed custody; step - parents;
spouses with
support obligations to a prior
spouse or children;
spouses with an adult child who
receives child
support; and situations where the spousal
support payor has primary care of the child / children.
«Clear and convincing evidence» is a high standard of proof, but if adultery is established, there may be significant financial consequences for the
spouse who cheated, including a bar to
receiving permanent spousal
support.
So, for example, if the
spouses agree (or a court decides) that the
supported spouse should
receive $ 1000 a month in rehabilitative alimony for 24 months, the paying
spouse owes $ 24,000; this can be paid monthly, or in a single lump - sum (paid all at once or in one or more installments).
Now, same - sex married couples may count their
spouses as part of their family size even if the
spouse does not
receive more than half their financial
support from the student loan borrower.
Some estimates place the number of divorcing
spouses who actually
receive spousal
support at only 10 - 15 percent.
If the
receiving spouse remarries, the obligation to pay spousal
support will terminate, however, the paying
spouse may need to obtain an order which terminates wage assignments if there is such an order in place.
Before the DOMA case recognized same - sex marriages, same - sex
spouses were only counted toward family size as «other individuals» who both lived with the borrower and
received more than half their
support from the borrower.
If the paying
spouse receives a significant raise after the divorce, this raise can not be considered in awarding additional spousal
support.
Spousal
support payments are usually a tax deduction to the paying
spouse, while the
receiving spouse must pay taxes on the payments.
• Whether, if the lump - sum award is ordered, the recipient
spouse is unlikely to
receive any equalization payment or child
support payments to which she is entitled.
The
receiving spouse also benefits from lump sum spousal
support because he / she can take that money and invest it somewhere or buy a property with it and earn interest on it rather than having to wait each month to get paid or be dependent on his / her ex-
spouse.
There are also two general rules that apply to such scenarios: 1) retroactive child
support extends back three years from the date the paying
spouse is given notice (for example by the fact that an application for an adjustment to
support is launched with the court), unless there has been blameworthy conduct; and 2) the child must be a «child of the marriage» — and therefore eligible to
receive support — at the time the application is made.
Whether the issue is separating from your
spouse, filing for divorce, the amount of spousal
support you pay or
receive, or how often you see your children, these issues will have a profound impact on your financial future and emotional well - being.
In a Collaborative divorce, you will
receive support and guidance from team professionals such as divorce coaches who can help you and your
spouse process all the strong feelings including grief and anger that are a natural result of divorce.
If you are the
spouse who may be entitled to
receive spousal
support, knowing that your ex has the potential to earn more money in the future could be a strong bargaining tool in getting the best deal that you can get.
Depending on the facts of your case, you or your
spouse may be eligible to
receive financial
support during and after your separation and divorce.
Insufficient spousal
support can leave the
receiving spouse without the funds necessary to establish a new household or retire with a reasonable standard of living.
In both of these types of
support calculations, experienced Vancouver Lump Sum Imputed Income Lawyers know that plugging in the correct income for both the paying and
receiving spouse is crucial to avoid mistakes.
Primarily, the court considers whether the
receiving spouse is physically or mentally incapacitated to the extent his or her ability to self -
support is materially affected.
about the impact that a paying
spouse's bankruptcy has on the recipient
spouse's entitlement to nonetheless
receive either child / spousal
support, or an equalization payment as part of a separation or divorce.
As the Court observed in Kerr, the argument for retroactive spousal
support would be less convincing where a
spouse has already enjoyed the advantages he or she would have
received from that
support.
Also called post-separation
support or spousal
support, alimony is tax deductible to the paying
spouse (or ex-
spouse), and must be reported as income on the tax return of the
receiving spouse.
Calgary Imputed Income
Support Lawyers ensure both paying and
receiving spouses work to their full capacity given their education, skills, work history, health and age.
Thus, a
spouse who has committed adultery may not be entitled to
receive spousal
support upon separation (but can
receive APL in the exact same amount once a divorce action is filed).
The DVTO allows people who have used violence against a
spouse or partner to take responsibility for their behaviour and
receive support and counselling
Spousal
support, otherwise known as a Maintenance Award, is a legal agreement to assist «the
receiving spouse become financially independent after a divorce.»
Domestic abuse will not impact the amount of money the victim
spouse will
receive or the
support award.
You can see how the mathematical formula for child
support becomes excessive and results in a transfer of wealth each month of the surplus to the
receiving spouse that does not benefit the child.
However, if the payor is subject to a court order, the
spouse receiving spousal
support or APL must treat the payments as income for federal tax purposes and the
spouse paying the order may deduct the payments in arriving at adjusted gross income.
We act for both the paying and
receiving spouses and parents of children to ensure fair child and spousal
support is paid.
The determination of how much
support a
spouse should
receive, and for how long, is a complex equation.