Only 3% of alimony payments are made to men among the 400,000 Americans who receive them from their partners. Alimony refers to the money one partner has to give to the other party after the ...

How many of you thought alimony was no longer deductible? Well, it is still deductible, but only for divorces that occurred prior to 2019. (There are a lot of folks paying alimony from pre-2019 ...

Often used interchangeably, the terms alimony and spousal maintenance both refer to different types of financial support paid by one spouse to another, during or following a divorce. Understanding the ...

Q. My husband and I want to agree that neither of us will pay alimony and neither of us will have the right to ask the court for alimony in the future. We asked the mediator to write the agreement ...

The Tax Court recently ruled that a taxpayer’s payments to an ex-spouse under the Uniform Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) representing her share of his military retirement pay were ...

In 1980 Pennsylvania revised its 1929 Divorce Code and for the first time allowed post divorce alimony. It was a tough legislative battle with conservative forces professing concern that divorce would ...

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 payments are deductible for adjusted gross income for the payor spouse; however the payee spouse must include the alimony in gross income. IRC section 71(b) provides specific criteria that ...

In most states, alimony is based on the financial needs of the recipient and the payer’s ability to pay. If the payer dies, the alimony order is terminated. One of the most effective ways to secure ...

Q. My husband and I got married when I was still in school four years ago. He works in IT and supported us, although I paid for school with loans. I graduated last May, passed my boards and am now ...