Spousal support

Spousal Support
(n) Spousal support is the money paid to the divorced spouse or to the spouse with whom divorces proceedings are initiated, as compensation ordered by the court, for their support. In no-fault divorce it is also called as alimony.

Spousal Support
Commonly referred to as alimony, is a financial award sometimes granted during a divorce, to be paid by the higher wage earner spouse to the lower or non-wage earner spouse.

SPOUSAL SUPPORT: one spouse's payment to the other for financial support; the same as alimony or maintenance.
SPOUSE: husband or wife.
SUBPOENA: a form issued by the court requiring someone to appear in court and/or bring documents.

spousal support or maintenance Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called alimony.

spousal support
n. payment for support of an ex-spouse (or a spouse while a divorce is pending) ordered by the court. More commonly called alimony.

SPOUSAL SUPPORT: See alimony.
STANDARD OF CARE: The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.

spousal support: Court-ordered support of a spouse or ex-spouse; also called "maintenance" or "alimony." ...

Spousal Support
Spousal support is the payment of money from one spouse to another. The term is often used interchangeably with maintenance. Spousal support also refers to a spouse's obligation to support their spouse under Family Court Act 412.
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Providing spousal support to a spouse economically disadvantaged in the result of separation has always been a challenge in common law. One response, historically, had been to develop a doctrine of common law marriage.

Child Support The amount a parent pays, usually to the other parent, for the financial support of a child under a court order or agreement. Spousal Support Money paid by one spouse to another after separation to contribute to the other ...

TOP REMO : Abbreviation for "reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders" and the name of the international system of recognition, registration and enforcement of child and spousal support orders between countries which have agreed, ...

UIFSA The American uniform child and spousal support legislation, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act already adopted and implemented by most states and expected to be law throughout the USA soon.

Alimony is also called "spousal support" in California in some states.

In family law maintenance is often used as a synonym for spousal support or alimony, and the term is in fact replacing alimony. Traditionally, alimony was solely the right of the wife to be supported by the husband. In Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268, 99 S.

Maintenance: The same as spousal support or alimony.
Marital Property: Marital property is defined as all assets acquired during the marriage and prior to the date of separation.

ALIMONY - Also called maintenance or spousal support. In a divorce or separation, the money paid by one spouse to the other in order to fulfill the financial obligation that comes with marriage.

FAMILY DIVISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT -- A division of the circuit court devoted to the following proceedings: divorce; paternity; child or spousal support; parenting time; child custody; adoptions; juvenile delinquency; ...

The uniform child and spousal support legislation already adopted and implemented by most states and expected to be law throughout the USA soon.

Postseparation Support: Spousal support paid either until a specific date set forth in a court order or until an order is entered either awarding or denying alimony, whichever occurs first.

The substantive issues in divorces are division of property, child custody and support, alimony (spousal support), child visitation and attorney's fees.

Except in marriages of long duration (ten years or more) or in the case of an ailing spouse, alimony usually lasts for a set period, with the expectation that the recipient spouse will become self-supporting. Alimony is also called "spousal support" ...

See also: Support, Law, Court, Order, Child