spousal support
Post-separation financial maintenance
Spousal support is money one spouse pays to the other during or after divorce, intended to maintain the receiving spouse's standard of living.
Also called alimony or maintenance.
Courts consider factors like marriage length, earning capacity, and each spouse's financial situation: She was awarded spousal support for five years.
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- no faultAbsence of culpability
- alimentationProviding food or nourishment
- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
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Mandated parental financial contribution
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Wealth sustaining indefinite living
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