Spousal Maintenance

New Tax Law Effects Spousal Maintenance & Alimony in 2019

Under the new tax code effective January 1, 2019, spousal maintenance awards entered in 2019 and later will no longer be deductible by the payer or taxable to the receiving party. In the past, parties were at times more amiable to settling spousal maintenance issues as the paying party was generally in a higher tax… read more

Remarriage and Spousal Support: Sorting Out the Details

For a person who is married at a young age and divorces within a relatively short period of time, he or she has many youthful years to consider a second marriage. Of course, anyone who is going into marriage having been through a divorce, there is probably a lot of knowledge gained between the two… read more

Spousal Support Payments in Arizona

How Long Must Spousal Support Payments Be Made? No matter how you cut it, divorce introduces change into lives of couples seeking to split up. Families that once relied on the contributions — financial and otherwise — of two adults are split in two. This can obviously create financial challenges, particularly if one spouse has… read more