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 ...

As 2019 begins, the big news in divorce is implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Trump Tax”) and its key provision that changes the way alimony has been taxed for decades. Under old ...

Before 1979 in some states like Alabama, alimony was exclusively paid to women. However, ahead of the 1980s, in the case of Orr v. Orr, supported by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court ...

Editor’s Note: Wendy Murphy teaches at New England Law School in Boston and is a former visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. She is a lawyer who specializes in the representation of women and ...

When money flows from one ex-spouse to another it will generally be one of three things - alimony, child support or property division. Alimony has tax consequences. It reduces the adjusted gross ...

Editor’s Note: Steve Hitner is president and founder of Mass Alimony Reform and the president of Metrowest Printing Co. He is a divorce consultant and mediator. My marriage ended in 1995 after 23 ...

Two years ago, a law was signed that got rid of most lifetime spousal support. Who gets alimony and for how long comes with a whole new formula, designed to make it fair for everyone. But some ...

I recently wrote Stay-at-Home-Mom Facing Divorce? Don't Expect Alimony, about the recent trend of states revisiting their alimony laws. In many states lifetime alimony is being challenged, and how the ...

Debbie Leff Israel has a math problem. Like so many math problems, it’s also a romantic problem. In 2009, Leff Israel, a divorced math professor, connected on Facebook with a friend from high school ...

Alimony dates back centuries. The original idea was that once married, a man is responsible for a woman till death. But that notion has shifted in recent decades, as more women have jobs and their own ...

On Saturday, Henry Rollins finally responded to days of criticism and apologized for a column he wrote that appeared critical of Robin Williams’ suicide. Rollins became just the latest media figure to ...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted new tax rules regarding spousal support payments, also known as alimony. In divorces finalized after January 1, 2019, the person paying spousal support can no longer ...