Category Archives: Spousal Support
How to Enforce Alimony Payments in New York
When a judge awards alimony to a former spouse, it is a legally enforceable court order that must be fulfilled. Despite this, it is all too common for individuals to fall behind on spousal support payments. If you stopped receiving alimony from your former spouse, you may need to take action to have the payments… Read More »
Unique Factors that Influence Military Divorces
Divorce poses unique considerations for the 1.1 million active duty American soldiers and their families. When a military couple decides to divorce, certain factors come into play that civilian couples may not have to think about. In fact, numerous aspects of a military couple’s divorce may be influenced by the spouse’s military service. Child support… Read More »
Don’t Sign That Tax Return You Might Be Sorry If You Want Maintenance/Alimony
It has come to our attention that many people seeking maintenance or alimony (the less-moneied spouse, often the primary care giver, and customarily the mother) advise that their husbands have certain “unreported” income. This can be from illegal rental apartments; construction side jobs; or even a larger income than claimed for small business owners. It… Read More »
What to Know About Alimony When Going Through a Divorce
If you are going through a divorce, you will want to be aware of how alimony will be determined, and how these decisions will impact your finances after your divorce ends. Alimony is a form of spousal support that is paid by one member of a divorced couple to the other. Decisions concerning who pays… Read More »
New Maintenance “Spousal Support” Laws Were Passed and are Awaiting the Governor’s Signature
New Maintenance “Spousal Support” laws were passed and are awaiting the governor’s signature. If you are a husband or a wife; wage earner or homemaker; and are considering a divorce, you may want to run to your attorney now. On June 24, 2015 by an almost unanimous vote of 146 to 1 the New York… Read More »
Should Fading Fertility be Covered by Spousal Support?
The field of family law is dynamic. Although divorce remains the dissolution of legal relationship between two partners, the definition of assets, the marital estate and the standard of equitable distribution among parties continues to evolve. A recent article in the New York Times describes a New Jersey divorce matter where counsel for a 38-year… Read More »
I Do Again: Legal and Financial Considerations of Remarriage
After divorce, finding someone new is a common goal – but actually tying the knot again is not. According to SmartMoney.com, fewer than half of divorced women and slightly more than half of divorced men are remarried – and those numbers are dropping. Marriage does offer legal and financial benefits over cohabitation, including the tax… Read More »
Understanding Alimony in New York
In New York, alimony is also referred to as spousal support or spousal maintenance. Because spouses have a duty to take care of each other, even after a divorce, sometimes one party is ordered by the court to pay a specific sum of money to the other spouse for a period of time. The goal… Read More »
Receiving Divorced Spouse Social Security Benefits
Divorce places significant financial stress on separated parties. The old saying that two can live as cheaply as one is not too far from the mark. After a divorce, a couple divides everything and then must support two completely separate households. One positive financial avenue that exists after divorce is that if you are a… Read More »
Temporary Maintenance During Your Divorce
While you are going through a divorce in New York, temporary maintenance may be awarded to ensure that a lower earning spouse has an adequate standard of living during the time it takes to finalize the dissolution of the marriage. Temporary maintenance is the term used in New York law but many people may be… Read More »