In George v. George, 476 Mass. 65 (2016) the Supreme Judicial Court said temporary alimony does not affect the length of general
term alimony obligations.
Not exact matches
If you are paying
alimony or child support, include marital settlement / court order stating the
terms of the
obligation
Consumers experiencing hardship can ask a judge to modify the
terms of the
alimony or child support agreement, but bankruptcy doesn't exempt the consumer from meeting these
obligations.
The issue often arises with regard to
terms that purport to reduce or eliminate future
alimony (spousal maintenance)
obligations.
It makes good sense to not overextend the
obligation longer than needed; so using your
alimony payments as an example, only get a policy
term of 10 years for 10 years of
alimony responsibility.