Alimony Modification

A recent Massachusetts Supreme Court decision has broadened the court's view of what constitutes marital lifestyle when awarding alimony. Traditionally, the analysis when awarding alimony in divorce cases is based on the…

A family court in Lahore on Friday summoned Punjab Home Minister Noorul Ameen Mengal on March 26 over his second wife and ailing daughter's maintenance application, TV channel 24NewsHD reported. Justice Shazia Kausar…

Authorities in Kazakhstan registered 172 crimes for non-payment of maintenance payments in favor of children, incapacitated parents and former spouses in the first two months of 2024. This means a decrease of 1.1 percent compared to…

Codifying Cohabitation as a Ground for Modification or Termination of Alimony — So What’s New? C…

There has long been debate about whether alimony payments from one spouse to another should allow the recipient to save for a rainy day. The Massachusetts Supreme Court first considered this issue on March 7, 2024, in Openshaw v.…

Editor's Note: Wendy Murphy teaches at New England Law School in Boston and is a former visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. She is a lawyer who specializes in representing women and children who…

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As job losses and salary cuts were widespread across all sectors during the four months that the city imposed a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, family court lawyers fielded calls from clients seeking the court's intervention for…

For the third time in a decade, a child support reform bill is headed to Florida's governor's desk, and lobbyists and advocates from both parties will do everything they can to influence the governor Ron DeSantis at your side.…

In a divorce, one parent, usually the father, is legally required to financially support the wife, who usually cares for the children, through alimony, unless there are certain circumstances in which the roles are reversed. A Singaporean…