If the court terminates its jurisdiction to award spousal support, it means that the party who wants spousal support can never come back to court and try to get it in the future. The party who assumes he/she will be the paying spouse generally checks that box to request that relief.
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.
Misconduct: Certain behaviors can also lead to the disqualification of alimony. For instance, if a spouse is found to have engaged in financial misconduct, such as hiding assets or failing to disclose financial information during the divorce proceedings, this can result in disqualification.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You are not legally obligated to support her. If a divorce is filed the court could make alimony retroactive.