How Judges Determine Alimony: Need vs. Ability to Pay
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How is alimony calculated? It comes down to your need versus your ex’s ability to pay. Find out more about how income differences affect alimony.
in determining alimony it’s important to note that the calculation is as follows it’s the person who is asking for alimony their demonstrated need balance against the other person who would be paying alimony their ability to pay meaning if one party makes $50,000 a year and another party makes $100,000 a year there’s about a $50,000 difference in incomes between the parties if the party who has requested alimony shows that they have a demonstrated need of $1,500 a month to be able to live the lifestyle of close to the lifestyle that the marriage afforded them and the other part is making $100,000 a year $1,500 would be a reasonable request to ask for for a period of time so what would happen is that the court would look at the income and the lifestyles of the parties and then make a determination as to what one party could pay while still living their own life to the other party so they can live a life close to what the marriage provided
