Alimony, or spousal support, is when one ex-spouse is required to make regular payments to the other ex-spouse after they get divorced. Every state has its own laws that govern this issue, and the ...

Alimony and child support are terms used in discussions surrounding divorce and separation, but they refer to very different financial responsibilities.

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 ...

Traditionally, alimony has been framed as payments made from an ex-husband to an ex-wife. That view, however, does not account for situations in which a wife provides support to a former husband ...

Marriage is not just a romantic promise. It is a legal, social, and economic contract. When it breaks, the emotional cost may ...

Kangana Ranaut has expressed concerns over the increasing divorce rates and demands for alimony, criticising the current ...

alimony — the word stems from the Latin for nourishment — has always been an awkward arrangement. Some form of monetary support for cast-off wives was mandated as early as the Babylonian era ...

Yes, regular alimony payments can be modified (up or down). As some NFL ex-wives may soon discover, a judge can reduce alimony if there is a significant negative change in the payor’s financial ...

The Court dissolved the marriage after the husband agreed to gift a 4-crore worth flat in Mumbai to the wife as permanent ...

The Supreme Court, employing its Article 142 powers, dissolved a marriage by directing the husband to gift his wife a Rs 4 ...