Often used interchangeably, the terms alimony and spousal maintenance both refer to different types of financial support paid by one spouse to another, during or following a divorce. Understanding the ...

We have written a lot about termination of alimony based upon cohabitation, both before the 2014 Amendment to the alimony statute making it easier, and after the Supreme Court’s decision in the ...

Those receiving Social Security could see their alimony figures change after a state court ruled the benefits can be calculated as income for spousal support. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled ...

Q. My husband and I got married when I was still in school four years ago. He works in IT and supported us, although I paid for school with loans. I graduated last May, passed my boards and am now ...

Marriage, in theory, ends with love. In reality, it ends with law. What was once a private emotion becomes a public contract, and when it breaks, the cost is not just emotional — it’s financial. That ...

Q. My ex is taking me back to court to change the support order – he wants more alimony now that our teenage kids have moved in with me full time and the court ended his child support. He didn’t work ...