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2. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The determination of alimony varies greatly from state to state within the U.S. [40] Some state statutes, including those of Texas, Montana, Kansas, Utah, Kentucky and Maine, give explicit guidelines to judges on the amount and/or duration of alimony. In Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee, for example, alimony is awarded only in cases of marriage ...

3. Getting a Divorce? What You Need to Know about Alimony - AOL

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   Alimony is a court-ordered sum that one former spouse must pay to another due to a separation or divorce agreement. You might sometimes hear about spousal maintenance or spousal support, which are ...

4. Alimony - Wikipedia

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   The term alimony comes from the Latin word alimonia ' nourishment, sustenance ', from alere ' to nourish '.Also derived from this word are the terms alimentary (of, or relating to food, nutrition, or digestion), and aliment (a Scots Law rule regarding sustenance to assure the wife's lodging, food, clothing, and other necessities after divorce).

5. Palimony in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Included in the liner notes for Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet album is a thank you to the group's "expensive lawyers" for helping them to negotiate alimony and palimony payments. Seeking palimony was an option considered by the lawyer Jane Bingum ( Brooke Elliott ) during an episode of Drop Dead Diva , where one man married two women.

6. Diversity jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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   A longstanding judge-made rule holds that federal courts have no jurisdiction over divorce or other domestic relations cases, even if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount of money in controversy meets the jurisdictional limit. As the Supreme Court has stated, "[t]he whole subject of the domestic relations of ...

7. Divorce - Wikipedia

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   Divorce laws vary considerably around the world, [1] but in most countries, divorce is a legal process that requires the sanction of a court or other authority, which may involve issues of distribution of property, [4] child custody, [4] alimony (spousal support), child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, and division of debt.