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alimony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | maintenance |
| Type of | support payment |
Examples of alimony
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She had been seeking more than $1.5 million in yearly alimony and child support.
From the chron.com
It's not about your bank account or your divorce or your alimony on your finger.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It also would make it harder to get alimony in marriages of fewer than 10 years.
From the timesunion.com
Bouras now lives off his savings and is stretched to pay his alimony every month.
From the online.wsj.com
State law generally provides for alimony to end when a former spouse remarries.
From the ocregister.com
However, if the agreement is silent on modification, the alimony may be adjusted.
From the orlandosentinel.com
She divorced her truck-driver husband over a dozen years ago and gets no alimony.
From the time.com
The husband pays $20,000 in alimony, and the family donates $10,000 to charity.
From the time.com
Carey also says people should be able to retire without a heavy alimony burden.
From the boston.com
- Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
- Alimony (also called maintenance or spousal support) is an obligation to provide financial support to one's spouse after separation or divorce. ...
- A court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person; The means to support life
- Support paid to someone you are legally married to or who you were legally married to in the past.
- Support paid to dependent spouse - designed to enable dependent spouse to maintain the standard of living experienced during the marriage. Can be requested in a divorce action or in action for alimony without divorce, but must be requested prior to the entry of a final order of divorce.
- In Texas, after divorce, the court may order alimony for either spouse only if the marriage was 10 years or longer and the spouse seeking alimony meets other specific requirements.
- Court-ordered spousal support, usually periodic payments, but sometimes paid in a lump sum as part of a marital agreement (alimony ?buyout?).
- A payment of support provided by one spouse to the other.
- Alimony is financial support provided to a spouse or former spouse by his or her former spouse. If alimony is awarded by a court it will terminate in the event of the death of either spouse, the remarriage of the recipient spouse or the cohabitation of the recipient spouse in a relationship ...
