Alimony Spouse Support Withholding In King
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California Alimony California determines alimony based on the recipient's “marital standard of living,” which aims to allow the spouse to continue living in a similar manner as during the marriage.
You are not legally obligated to support her. If a divorce is filed the court could make alimony retroactive.
The Lenght of a Marriage The duration of support payments typically depends on the length of the marriage. The longer the marriage, the better your chances of getting spousal support.
Spousal maintenance is normally durational that is, it has a set duration, normally long enough for the payee spouse to become self-sufficient. However, there are cases, given age, health and inability to support themselves, that the payee may be awarded nondurational or permanent alimony.
California determines alimony based on the recipient's “marital standard of living,” which aims to allow the spouse to continue living in a similar manner as during the marriage.
California and the federal government have different tax laws about spousal support (also known as alimony). For California income taxes, the person paying support can deduct the payments. The person receiving support must report the payments as income.
If both spouses are self-supporting at or above the marital standard of living, the recipient has committed domestic violence against the paying spouse, or the recipient accept a buyout, you may be able to avoid paying spousal support in California.
Since the goal is to protect mutual standards of living, if your ex remarries or finds themselves once again in a steady double-income household, you may no longer be required to maintain or begin alimony payments.
You are not legally obligated to support her. If a divorce is filed the court could make alimony retroactive.
Support can end when: You agree in writing about the date it will end and the court signs off on the agreement. The court orders that it ends. The supported spouse remarries.
