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Seek the Right Alimony With the Help of Maryland Divorce Lawyers
Family law in Maryland, permits estranged couples, to obtain either a limited divorce or an absolute divorce. To help a dependent spouse, overcome financial problem caused during or after divorce, the law of the land empowers courts to direct the bread winner to provide alimony to the dependant. A dependant can choose to appeal for any of the three types of alimony, provided by law. They are temporary alimony, rehabilitative alimony, and indefinite alimony.
Temporary Alimony
You can avail temporary alimony even before the marriage is annulled. This can help a spouse tide over financial constraints while the divorce proceedings are on. However, obtaining this alimony depends upon the living standards and the financial position of the bread winner. The purpose of this kind of alimony is to ensure that the dependent spouse is not deprived of food, clothing, shelter etc.
To obtain temporary alimony, a Maryland divorce lawyer needs to present that the parties are married; they have filed for a divorce, and financial compulsions of the parties.
To compensate for the time gap, caused by prolonged divorce proceedings, courts in Maryland jurisdictions are empowered to award temporary alimony. Failure to oblige may lead civil contempt, criminal contempt, or other sanctions.
Rehabilitative Alimony
Rehabilitative alimony is awarded after the marriage is dissolved. This alimony helps the economically dependent spouse to support himself/herself after separation. The ultimate decision is taken by the trial judge, after taking certain factors into considerations. Some of these factors are:
- Whether the parties seeking alimony can be wholly or partly self-supporting.
- The time necessary for the dependent to find suitable employment.
- The standard of living maintained, when they were together as married couples.
- The duration of the marriage.
- The monetary and non-monetary contributions, of each party to the well-being of the family.
- The cause of the estrangement.
- The age of each party.
- The physical and mental condition of each party
- The financial needs and financial resources of each party.
Indefinite Alimony
Indefinite alimony is awarded with a judgment of divorce, and may continue until the recipient spouse dies.
Such alimony is awarded in some rare cases. The trial judge considers indefinite alimony under extreme situations. This includes, self-supporting because of age, health, or disability and in cases like “unconscionable disparity” in future standards of living of the dependant.
To know more about the alimony, appropriate in your case, you can consult a Baltimore divorce lawyer.
Snyder Marc G – Baltimore, MD
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