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Protecting Yourself When Paying Alimony: Key Tips

Family & Divorce Law Quinton G. Washington
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Quinton G. Washington
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Aug 9, 2024
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Paying alimony? Make sure your agreement protects you! Discover why setting a time limit and specific conditions is crucial.

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here’s what’s really important it’s really important when having alimony discussions or having a case involving alimony that you make sure that you understand the alimony and ask for the correct type of alimony if you’re going to be paying alimony if you’re going to be paying alimony you want to make sure that you have alimony payments for a period of time you do not want to have indefinite alimony payments because indefinite alimony payments are much harder to modify if you’re going to have to pay alimony make sure that you have Provisions in the alimony agreement that protect you one such thing is a time period on the alimony another thing is to make sure that the alimony has conditions that if they’re met by your ex-spouse disqualify them from receiving alimony one such thing is if they get remarried if the parties get remarried an exp spouse gets remarried the ex spouse should not be qualified to receive alimony because they’re married to someone else