alimony

The financial aftermath of divorce can last for years. It can take people quite some time to rebuild their home equity or retirement savings after splitting their property with their spouses. In cases where one spouse has been focusing on their family instead of their...

Alimony, or spousal support, is a court-ordered agreement in which one spouse must provide financial support to the other during or after a divorce. The goal of alimony is to provide for a spouse’s financial well-being until he or she can survive independently. If the...

One of the perks of a high asset divorce in Kentucky is that you have more assets to use in your negotiations with your spouse. This can be quite beneficial when it comes to paying alimony. According to Investor's Business Daily, finding different ways to appease a...

What does the word alimony make you think of? If you are like most people, you probably think about one spouse making regular monthly payments to his or her ex. What many people fail to understand is that alimony, or spousal support, is much more flexible than it was...

Attorneys can counsel clients for hours about what to expect during divorce, yet it seems something unexpected or challenging will still happen to complicate matters. Alimony or spousal support is one such issue that can take an otherwise amicable divorce and spin it...

When a couple decides to go their separate ways and dissolve their relationship, among one of the reasons each of the partners in the marriage will rush to hire their own attorneys is to protect their access to the lifestyle they are accustomed to living. While some...

While the most important considerations for seeking alimony payments are often whether you need the extra support to sustain your lifestyle post divorce, you might also want to remember that these extra payments can play into other decisions in the future. One area...

If you are going through the divorce process, you may soon begin to think about your financial future. This includes a variety of questions in regards to property division, child support and alimony. Alimony, also known as spousal support, is a payment that one...

Alimony is a payment from one former spouse to the other following a divorce. Traditionally, alimony is seen as being paid by the man to the woman, but a breakaway from traditional gender roles in marriage has made that notion outdated. Alimony might be required of...