Alimony is a court-ordered sum that one former spouse must pay to another due to a separation or divorce agreement. You might sometimes hear about spousal maintenance or spousal support, which are ...

As 2019 begins, the big news in divorce is implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Trump Tax”) and its key provision that changes the way alimony has been taxed for decades. Under old ...

Two years ago, a law was signed that got rid of most lifetime spousal support. Who gets alimony and for how long comes with a whole new formula, designed to make it fair for everyone. But some ...

I recently wrote Stay-at-Home-Mom Facing Divorce? Don't Expect Alimony, about the recent trend of states revisiting their alimony laws. In many states lifetime alimony is being challenged, and how the ...

On Saturday, Henry Rollins finally responded to days of criticism and apologized for a column he wrote that appeared critical of Robin Williams’ suicide. Rollins became just the latest media figure to ...

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 ...

Discrepancies between the amount of alimony deducted by payers and reported as income by its recipients increased by 38% in six years, to $3.2 billion for tax year 2016, the Treasury Inspector General ...

Alimony dates back centuries. The original idea was that once married, a man is responsible for a woman till death. But that notion has shifted in recent decades, as more women have jobs and their own ...

For years, they undoubtedly listened to their husbands dissect the finer points of an on-side kick, zone coverage, or the blitz. But now, many former NFL wives may need to start drawing up a few ...

Editor’s Note: Wendy Murphy teaches at New England Law School in Boston and is a former visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. She is a lawyer who specializes in the representation of women and ...