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Q: Do you have to pay alimony if your spouse is on drugs?
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Do you have to pay alimony to an over staied tourist spouse after a divorce?

Then you married your spouse the question of citizenship goes out the window ... Marriage would make your spouse a citizen ... If so ordered to by a Judge that you have to pay alimony then you have to pay alimony ... If you wish not to pay the Judge will order you to jail and more then like your spouse will enter civil suite and win ...


What is a sentence with the word alimony?

Either spouse may be required to pay alimony after a divorce.


Is former spouse payments from military retirement pay considered alimony?

A state court order must say military retirement pay is part of the alimony can a former spouse receive a portion. No Federal law says a former spouse is entitled to the pay as part of alimony.


Does a miltary soldier have to pay alimony to the ex spouse when he has a new spouse?

Who has a new spouse? The person paying alimony or the one receiving it? If it's the one paying it, then he/she is still required to pay it even if he/she remarries. If it's the one receiving it...generally, alimony payment terminates if the recipient remarry.


Do you have to pay alimony while you are legally separated?

If you're in the US, and if your spouse gets an order for temporary alimony (and not all request for it are granted), then yes, you have to pay it.


Your spouse was caught cheating do you still pay alimony?

In a No Fault Divorce state it issue is not applicable.


Is a husband forced to pay alimony to a handicapped spouse when divorcing?

if so ordered by a judge YES ...


Does alimony end if an ex spouse leaves the country?

If it's the person that has to pay the alimony that leaves the country then no. He still has to pay, but if he doesn't want to pay, then there is nothing you can do about it. It is basically his choice if he wants to pay or not. American courts only have jurisdiction in America.


Does a person have to pay alimony if they don't want a divorce?

If alimony is appropriate given the circumstances of the marriage then the spouse will likely be required to pay alimony to his ex regardless of whether or not he or she wanted the divorce. The amount will depend on the length and nature of the marital relationship and can be a lump sum or periodic payment. If your ex remarries, the alimony obligation will extinguish.


If paying alimony and ex spouse becomes eligible to draw Social Security on ex spouse who is paying alimony can alimony payments stop?

It depends on the wording of the alimony decree. Generally, the alimony and the Social Security are independent of one another.


Can you get alimony with no kids?

If you're in the US, yes. Alimony is not for the support of children, it's for the support of ex-spouses. However, judges are not required to order alimony, and usually they only order it in specific circumstances.


Is alimony and spousal support the same?

Yes. Alimony is an order of a court for the support of one spouse by the other spouse.Maintenance in family law refers to alimony or spousal support. Maintenance is an order of a court for the support of one spouse by the other spouse.