Spousal Support



Spousal support is court-ordered payments that one spouse may be required to pay to another upon divorce to support the spouse while they obtain a job, further their education or are bringing in an income not sufficient to somewhat maintain their previous lifestyle. Several factors, varying by state, may contribute to a court modifying or ending the spousal support including a change in either party's financial circumstances or remarriage of the spouse receiving it. Please read on to learn more about spousal support law, find a spousal support lawyer or a spousal support attorney. A spousal support lawyer will be able to answer any spousal support payment questions. Spousal support law, spousal support lawyer, and spousal support attorney information provided by Lawyers.com.

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Spousal Support Articles
State Specific Resources
-  State Domestic Relations and Family Codes Websites-  Divorce, Child Custody and Support in Your State
 
Articles
-  Alimony and Spousal Support: There's No One-Size-Fits-All Answer -  Recapture of Excess Front-Loaded Alimony Payments
-  Tax Matters for Alimony and Maintenance - Part 2-  Deductions for Alimony & the Family Residence
-  Tax Matters for Alimony and Maintenance - Part 1-  Could Your Spouse Be Keeping Money Secrets?
-  Division of Marital Property in Divorce: Who Gets What?
 
Hot Topics
-  Prenuptial Agreements: Thinking Ahead-  Prenuptial and PostNuptial Agreements
-  Should Alimony Be "Til Death Do Us Part"?
 
Spousal Support FAQs
-  Divorce: Alimony FAQs
 
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-  Last Will and Testament-  Power of Attorney
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-  Child Support-  Visitation Rights
-  Child Custody
 
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Ask a Lawyer - Your Family & the Law questions answered by leading lawyers
not the biological father
I recently found out the child i have been taking care of for 5 years is not mine through dna testing. I informed the mother (eventhough im pretty sure she knew) she ran down to the court and filed to take me off child support and the legal rights with visitations and decisison making. Since she initiated this action can i ask to get the 5 years of support i have paid for the child? we did not have a relationship nor were we married. This case is out of Massachusetts
Can I get a restraining order against my mother?
My mother left when I was a child and now that I am an adult she has been sending me facebook messages. Every time I block her she makes a new account and in her last message she told me that not matter what I do she will find a way to contact me.
In modification of alimony, after paying 20 years, now retired at age 66, and had job terminated, in
More then current income in determining a lowering of alimony .?
what can I file for an emergency visitation to be stopped due to my ex husband drinking and putting
I live in Washington state.
My husband has a guardianship and I need support but all funds have been cut off?
Husband appointed a guardian of his property which everything we own is in his name but the home we live in, he has memory problems and his daughter without our knowledge applied for guardianship and was appointed, we have been married 18 years this year, I am his caregiver and have been for the past 2 years, but I have been totally cut off from all support from him, I dont have any funds to hire an attorney to help me with support. I have the papers support unconnected with divorce, but I do not know how much support to ask for, my husband has an annuity (IRA) that we have lived on since we were married that is around $ 275,000.00 and motor home, cars etc are worth about $60,000.00. My question is should I ask for 1/2 of everything or 1/3 , my husband was retired when we married and I worked up until 2005. We live in Florida.
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Spousal Support Lawyer Web Sites
 
 -  Oregon Family Law - Kell, Alterman & Runstein, L.L.P.
 -  Rhode Island Family Attorneys - Kirshenbaum Law Associates
 -  New York Law - Sepe & O'mahony, PLLC
 -  Clinton County Family Law - Jackson, Jackson & Hayes, P.C.
 -  Delaware County Family Attorneys - Hoffman Turner & Associates
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