Spousal support – Athens GA Divorce Attorney

Spousal support – Athens GA Divorce Attorney

Spousal support falls into two broad categories:
short-term support and long-term or permanent support.

Reimbursement support is a kind of long-term support. One party may also receive short term support before the divorce is final.

Under Georgia Code, any spouse may be awarded alimony as long as he or she is not guilty of desertion or adultery. When the parties are unable to agree on an amount, the court will consider these factors:

1. the participation each party had to the marital estate;
2. the duration of the marriage;
3. the future earning capacity and financial resources of each party;
4. the age and medical condition of each party;
5. the future earning capacity of each party;
6. the value of each party’s separate property;
7. the standard of living sustained during the marriage;
8. rehabilitative time one party may need to gain employment.

A former spouse might receive more than one kind of support at the same time. If a spouse is receiving more than one kind of support, say rehabilitative and short-term, then when that spouse is employed again, the rehabilitative support would cease. The short-term support however continues till its termination date.
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