After years of marriage, there are likely to be strong feelings regarding spousal support. Here's how courts tend to view ...

Alimony is a court-ordered sum that one former spouse must pay to another due to a separation or divorce agreement. You might sometimes hear about spousal maintenance or spousal support, which are ...

As 2019 begins, the big news in divorce is implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Trump Tax”) and its key provision that changes the way alimony has been taxed for decades. Under old ...

Two years ago, a law was signed that got rid of most lifetime spousal support. Who gets alimony and for how long comes with a whole new formula, designed to make it fair for everyone. But some ...

I recently wrote Stay-at-Home-Mom Facing Divorce? Don't Expect Alimony, about the recent trend of states revisiting their alimony laws. In many states lifetime alimony is being challenged, and how the ...

Discrepancies between the amount of alimony deducted by payers and reported as income by its recipients increased by 38% in six years, to $3.2 billion for tax year 2016, the Treasury Inspector General ...

While the elimination of permanent alimony drew immediate attention, a quieter provision embedded in the statute is now ...

Alimony dates back centuries. The original idea was that once married, a man is responsible for a woman till death. But that notion has shifted in recent decades, as more women have jobs and their own ...

For years, they undoubtedly listened to their husbands dissect the finer points of an on-side kick, zone coverage, or the blitz. But now, many former NFL wives may need to start drawing up a few ...