In the latest episode of North Carolina Divorce Talk Radio, Rosen Law Firm Raleigh divorce attorney, Ryan Short, evaluates how alimony is calculated.Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 Can you estimate what your alimony payments will be? The latest episode of North Carolina Divorce Talk Radio features Raleigh divorce lawyer Ryan Short answering just that …
Tag Archive: alimony payments
Feb
23
House approves alimony law rewrite
The House approved a watered-down version of what began as a rewrite of the state’s alimony laws but still contains provisions critics say are biased in favor of the bread-winning spouse. The measure (HB 549) originally would have completely done away with adultery as a consideration for alimony payments and reduced the amount and length …
Jan
12
N.J. activists work to introduce bill eliminating lifetime alimony payments
New Jersey Alimony Reform pushes to eliminate permanent or lifetime alimony and restrict the wide discretion judges have in setting alimony payments
Dec
21
You must continue to pay alimony unless your financial situation drastically changes: Supreme Court
A partner will not be let off the hook for alimony payments to a former spouse unless there have been major changes to their financial situation, the country’s top court has ruled.
Dec
15
How Can a Divorcing Woman Get the Child Support, Alimony She is Owed?
Even though child support and alimony payments are spelled out in explicit detail as part of divorce settlement agreements, most divorced women and children don’t receive the money they are owed. In fact, according to the most recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, less than half of the parents who [...]
Nov
30
Seven Key Things Women Need to Know About the Tax Implications of Alimony Payments
Image by kenteegardin via Flickr Over the past few months, I have devoted several blog posts to discussions about alimony, alimony reform and Alimony and Maintenance Trusts. Now, it’s time to specifically address the tax implications of alimony support payments. Child support payments or property settlements (i.e., payments that do not qualify as [...]
Oct
05
Alimony reform in Mass. ends pay until death
Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a sweeping reform of Massachusetts’ alimony system that activists are praising as bringing rational criteria to a hodgepodge system and for ending “alimony-until-death” payments. Once the alimony law goes into effect March 1, divorcing couples will see their alimony payments established based on numerous factors, …
Sep
29
Massachusetts Alimony Law Limits Payments to Ex-Spouses
Divorcees, second husbands and second wives may find reason to rejoice in Massachusetts. On Monday, Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law the Alimony Reform Act of 2011, a law limiting alimony payments and abolishing most lifetime spousal entitlements. The new law establishes a formula for…
Sep
27
Reforms make Mass. alimony ‘more fair’
BOSTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) — Massachusetts’ revamped alimony system is now fair and equitable, Gov. Deval Patrick said Monday as he signed an overhaul ending lifetime alimony payments.
Sep
27
Alimony reform in Massachusetts ends pay until death
Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a sweeping reform of Massachusetts’ alimony system that activists are praising as bringing rational criteria to a hodgepodge system and for ending “alimony-until-death” payments. Once the alimony law goes into effect March 1, divorcing couples will see their alimony payments established based on numerous factors, …