A Massachusetts divorce is one of the most emotionally taxing events a person can experience, a fact that undoubtedly leads to numerous poor decisions when filing the ensuing paperwork. One of the most common areas where errors are made is during the process of...
Second only to child custody, alimony is one of the most contentious and difficult to navigate processes during a Massachusetts divorce. When two people are splitting up, particularly when that split is acrimonious, the last thing either of them wants to discuss is...
When you are going through a Massachusetts divorce, there are a number of different outcomes that may occur in addition to dissolving your marriage. One such outcome is alimony, which is a legally binding financial agreement between a couple that can be awarded during...
Traditionally, when society speaks about or thinks of alimony, it has been given by Massachusetts men to their ex-wives. However, in the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of men requesting and receiving alimony. As the number of women climbing...
The new tax reform law would eliminate the tax deduction for alimony and make alimony income tax-free to the recipient for divorce decrees executed after December 31, 2018 and it wouldn't affect existing divorces. The bottom line: The elimination of the tax...
The Massachusetts alimony reform statute states that "alimony awards which exceed the durational limits established shall be modified upon a complaint for modification without additional material change of circumstance, unless the court finds that deviation from the...
Under the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act of 2011, general term alimony will now have a time limit, determined by the length of the marriage.General term alimony is an order of a periodic payment to a recipient spouse or ex-spouse. The length of time during which...
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a second job obtained after a divorce has entered cannot be used to calculate an alimony award. The Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act states that "income from a second job or overtime work shall be presumed immaterial to...
Alimony is defined in the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act as "the payment of support from a spouse, who has the ability to pay, to a spouse in need of support for a reasonable length of time, under a court order."Need "is not based on the minimum life necessities of...
The Alimony Reform Act of 2011 established three types of special purpose, limited duration alimony in Massachusetts in addition to General Term Alimony.General Term Alimony is alimony paid to an economically dependent spouse and the Act sets out durational limits for...