Nov 17, 2016 | Alimony, Separation, Spousal Support
Spousal Maintenance, known in many other states as “Alimony,” is the grayest of gray areas in Arizona Family Law. Determining whether to award spousal support during a divorce is a matter of judicial discretion. This means that it is up to the judge to...
Mar 10, 2015 | Divorce, Spousal Maintenance, Spousal Support
A number of people have asked me if Arizona has a set of Spousal Maintenance Guidelines that the courts use in calculating spousal support. The answer is, “No.” Spousal Maintenance is handled differently than Child Support. In determining Child Support,...
Mar 10, 2013 | Alimony, Divorce, Spousal Maintenance, Spousal Support
Spousal Maintenance, known in many other states as “Alimony,” is the greyest of grey areas in Arizona Family Law. Determining whether to award spousal maintenance is a matter of judicial discretion. This means that it is up to the judge to decide whether...
Jul 22, 2011 | Alimony, Divorce, Spousal Maintenance, Spousal Support
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Spousal Maintenance is the greyest of grey areas in Family Law. If you ask an attorney “How much alimony will I get in my divorce?” and he gives you a definitive answer – get up and run out of his office – and don’t look...
May 2, 2011 | Alimony, Divorce, Spousal Maintenance, Spousal Support
Not long ago, the notion of a wife being ordered to pay spousal maintenance (alimony) to her husband in a divorce case would have been laughed at. Men paid alimony, not women. But that was then, and this is now. Things are changing fast. Throughout most of our...
Jan 25, 2011 | Alimony, Divorce, Spousal Maintenance, Spousal Support
Here are some interesting Alimony Statistics from “The New Art of Alimony” by Jennifer Levitz for the Wall Street Journal November 4th, 2009, via the Maricopa County Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter: Americans paid $9.4 billion in alimony to former...