Understanding Periodic Alimony: What You Need to Know

the final type of alimony is periodic alimony what periodic alimony is is alimony for a period of time a judge can decide to give alimony for a period of time to support one spouse periodic alimony payments can be made monthly weekly bi-weekly or as the judge determines periodic alimony typically means the following if you’ve been married to someone for about 10 years judges make determinations of alimony and they can be periodic payments for a period of time however in Georgia most judges look at alimony and make alimony determinations for periodic alimony in the following manner if a party’s been married for 3 years many times that will equal one year of alimony for most judges it could be two years it could be four it really depends on the factors that are presented to the judge so if you’ve been married for 10 years you may qualify for 3 to four years of alimony that alimony would be periodic alimony meaning it would be payable over a period of time and in a certain manner