Remarriage and Alimony
Remarriage and Alimony
arrow_drop_down arrow_rightLearn how remarriage and cohabitation can affect alimony arrangements in your state.
Alimony Basics
Alimony Basics
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What are the different types of spousal support, and how long do they last?
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Alimony: How Courts Set the Support Amount
Spousal support isn't like child support, with state guidelines for deciding the amount. Instead, judges consider a number of factors.
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Separate Maintenance and Legal Separation
Learn about separate maintenance, a type of alimony for separated couples.
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Alimony can be granted even if a couple were never married? That's "palimony".
Managing Your Alimony
Managing Your Alimony
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Changing the Amount of Spousal Support
When an alimony (spousal support) order is already in place, can it be changed? It depends.
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What to do if you're not getting your alimony payments.
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How to Reduce Alimony Payments
Learn more about what courts will consider when making decisions about reducing alimony.
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Negotiating Alimony With Your Spouse
You can avoid court if you negotiate alimony with your spouse. The court will approve your agreement if you make one.
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Learn about bankruptcy and its affect on alimony.
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How Remarriage Can Affect Alimony
An overview of how remarriage or cohabitation will affect ongoing alimony obligations.
Alimony and Taxes
Alimony and Taxes
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The Seven Rules of Alimony and Taxes
Until recently, the IRS allowed paying spouses to deduct alimony payments and required recipients to report it as income. However, the rules have changed for any divorce finalized on or after January 1, 2019.
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Is Alimony Always Tax Deductible to the Paying Spouse?
Whether you divorced ten years ago or you're currently contemplating a divorce, if alimony is a possibility, you'll need to understand the rules surrounding spousal support and taxes.
Resources Related to Alimony and Spousal Support
Resources Related to Alimony and Spousal Support
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce, by Emily Doskow
Everything you need to know about divorce, including a chapter on alimony.
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Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce, by Katherine E. Stoner
Learn how to negotiate your divorce without going to court--including spousal support issues.
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Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal and Financial Challenges
If you're over 50 and getting divorced, learn about the special issues.
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Adultery in California: Does Cheating Affect Alimony?
Learn whether an extramarital affair can impact spousal support in California.
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Adultery in Pennsylvania: Does Cheating Affect Alimony?
Adultery destroys many marriages in the United States each year. More than two out of every three marriages will not survive after a spouse has been caught being unfaithful. If your marriage is ending due to your spouse’s affair, you may want to know whether the affair affects your legal rights in the divorce.
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Adultery in Texas: Does Cheating Affect Alimony?
Adultery damages hundreds of thousands of marriages in the United States each year. Generally, marriages that experience an affair end in divorce. If you're going through a divorce based on adultery, you may be wondering about your rights and obligations in the legal process of terminating your marriage.