How does getting remarried affect your alimony payments?

A paying ex-spouse will likely have to continue paying alimony to their supported ex-spouse even if the payor spouse decides to get remarried. However, if the paying ex-spouse’s remarriage results in the financial demands of alimony being impossible to meet, the court may decide to reduce the alimony payments in certain circumstances.

Can a unfaithful spouse qualify for alimony?

Laws about paying alimony vary from state to state. Even with these variants, many do not allow unfaithful spouses to vie for alimony payments. This is going to require more than your word indicating that your spouse was unfaithful during your marriage.

When does an ex spouse stop paying alimony?

As soon as your new marriage is finalized, your ex-spouse is no longer obligated to pay alimony, even if your new marriage is later annulled or voided. However, in circumstances where your alimony payments are rehabilitative, then your spouse must continue to pay alimony.

What kind of alimony can I get after a divorce?

Alimony (also called spousal support or maintenance) refers to financial support payments one spouse makes to the other, either during or after a divorce. When married couples split, there are various types of alimony courts can award, including:

Do you have to pay alimony if your spouse remarries?

Yes. The obligation to pay future alimony is terminated when the supported spouse remarries, but paying spouse must file petition or motion for termination of support. No. Cohabitation is not enough to terminate alimony.

Do you have to include alimony in your income?

Receiving spouses must include the alimony or separation payments in their income. Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, alimony or separate maintenance payments are not deductible from the income of the payer spouse, or includable in the income of the receiving spouse, if made under a divorce or separation agreement executed after Dec. 31, 2018.

When is alimony not a tax deductible payment?

Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, alimony or separate maintenance payments are not deductible from the income of the payer spouse, or includable in the income of the receiving spouse, if made under a divorce or separation agreement executed after Dec. 31, 2018.

How are alimony payments determined in a divorce?

Each spouse would have to live on $50,000. This may not be comparable to how they lived while married, but each spouse would enjoy a similar lifestyle post-divorce. When one spouse’s income has not solely supported the family, the court will consider the income of the other spouse if she seeks alimony.