alimony
Post-divorce financial obligation
Alimony is money paid by one former spouse to support the other after divorce or separation.
Courts typically award alimony when one spouse sacrificed career opportunities during the marriage or lacks earning capacity: She's paying alimony to her ex-husband.
The amount and duration depend on factors like marriage length and financial disparity.
Distinguished from child support, which covers children's expenses.
Money given for obligations
- spousal supportPayments to ex-partner
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- fundsAvailable financial resources
allowance · disbursement · arrears · garnishment · tax · deductible · lump-sum · periodic
Required by judicial ruling
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- prenuptialBefore the wedding
- postnuptialFollowing a marriage ceremony
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
arrears · modification · litigation · attorney · mediation · judgment · decree · statute
Divorced husband or wife
- separationState of being apart
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- marriageFormal union between partners
- custodyProtective care or control
cohabitation · matrimony · annulment · adultery · remarriage · decree · petitioner · respondent
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- agreementShared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
terms · resolution · accord · stipulation · uncontested · collaborative · out-of-court · mutual
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
enforceable · court order · compliance · default · nonpayment · delinquency · accountability · binding
payments
Money given for obligations
- spousal supportPayments to ex-partner
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
funds · allowance · disbursement · arrears · garnishment · tax · deductible · lump-sum · periodic · rehabilitative
court-ordered
Required by judicial ruling
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- prenuptialBefore the wedding
- postnuptialFollowing a marriage ceremony
enforcement · arrears · modification · litigation · attorney · mediation · judgment · decree · statute · jurisdiction
ex-spouse
Divorced husband or wife
- separationState of being apart
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- marriageFormal union between partners
custody · cohabitation · matrimony · annulment · adultery · remarriage · decree · petitioner · respondent · grounds
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- agreementShared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
arrangement · terms · resolution · accord · stipulation · uncontested · collaborative · out-of-court · mutual · arbitration
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
mandate · enforceable · court order · compliance · default · nonpayment · delinquency · accountability · binding · legally bound
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- family lawchild custody, child support, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law
- family breakdowndivorce decree, custody battle, custody battles, child support, joint custody
- family courtchild custody, child support, divorce proceedings, custody disputes, family mediation
- fixed expensesrent, salaries, insurance premiums, lease payments, property taxes
- money disputeswage dispute, billing error, credit dispute, rent dispute, tax dispute
alimonydowry
Marital property transfer
bride price · marital assets · wedding gifts · community property · entertainment
alimonyfinancial independence
Wealth sustaining indefinite living
clean break · property division · financial freedom · debt forgiveness
- alimony paymentsFinancial support post-marriage
- alimony agreementSpousal support terms after separation