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Alimony, also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia), [1] is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce.
Legal separation (sometimes judicial separation, separate maintenance, divorce a mensa et thoro, or divorce from bed-and-board) is a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a de facto separation while remaining legally married. A legal separation is granted in the form of a court order.
For example, a man and a woman marry in West Virginia. During the marriage, the husband and the wife have children. In West Virginia, the husband and the wife divorce. West Virginia issues a divorce decree that gives the wife custody of the children and orders the husband to pay child support.
The term was coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin. [1] While the suit was unsuccessful in this instance, the courts found that "in the absence of an express agreement, courts may look to a variety of other remedies to divide ...
The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 Christmas classic first hit the market for $5.25 million in May 2024 ... After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside ...
The parties need to reach also agreement on post-divorce child care, division of common property, housing and possibly alimony. The contentious divorce takes place when the parties cannot reach an agreement. If there are underage children, the court may divorce the marriage only after first deciding on future care for the children. [126]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois law banning banks and credit card companies from charging swipe fees on taxes and tips continues to play out in court. A U.S. District Court judge has issued a ...
Lenore Weitzman's 1985 book The Divorce Revolution, using data from California in 1977-78, reported that one year after divorce, the standard of living for women declined 73%, compared with an increase of 42% for men. Richard Peterson calls Weitzman's methodology into question, using the same data to calculate a 27% decrease for women and a 10% ...