Legal Advice on alimony

The term alimony has trickled into the English language from a Latin word meaning to nourish. It is also known in today's legal jargon as support, payment, recovery, allowance or lump-sum award.... more

Unless the case involves a hotly contested child custody dispute, the issue most likely to cause acrimony is the issue of alimony. Alimony is spousal support paid after the divorce is final. It is... more

Support paid to someone you are legally married to or who you were legally married to in the past.

the payment of support from a spouse, who has the ability to pay, to a spouse in need of support for a reasonable length of time, under a court order.

What is Alimony? Alimony/Spousal Support is where one spouse (husband or wife) financially helps the other spouse during or after a final order for a dissolution of marriage. Sometimes that... more

Massachusetts courts can award rehabilitative alimony (that is, get-back-into-the-work-force alimony) or permanent alimony. Factors in awarding alimony include: ?The conduct of the parties during... more

Court-orderedspousal support, usually periodic payments, but sometimes paid in a lump sum as part of a marital agreement (alimony ?buyout?). More modern terms include ?maintenance? and ?spousal... more

Support paid to someone you are legally married to or who you were legally married to in the past.

the payment of support from a spouse, who has the ability to pay, to a spouse in need of support for a reasonable length of time, under a court order.

AlimonyCourt-orderedpaymentof support provided by one spouse to the other.