Alimony is a payment to or for a Massachusetts spouse or former spouse under a divorce or separation agreement. A divorce or separation instrument is one of the following: A decree of divorce or separate maintenance or a written instrument incident to that decree A...
The length of your Massachusetts marriage determines the amount of time you will be entitled to receive alimony. Here is a chart detailing the length of marriage and the length of the award of alimony: Length of marriage Length of general term alimony up to 5 years No...
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...
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...
Under the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act, if a spouse who receives alimony begins to cohabitate with another person, then alimony may be modified or terminated under the new law. In cases involving General term alimony, a payor spouse may modify or terminate his or...