What are the different types of spousal support (alimony)?
There are many kinds of support. You might need support for only a few years, until you can bring your income level up. You might need support to go to college, in order to learn a new skill. Or, you may need support for the long term. In mediation, the two of you can agree on any form of payment that makes sense to you. Following are the traditional forms of spousal support: • Permanent: Terminates upon the remarriage of the dependent spouse, or the death of the payor spouse. • Rehabilitative: a. “Payable for a short, but specific and terminable period of time, which will cease when the recipient is, in the exercise of reasonable efforts, in a position of self-support.” b. Should specify “the scope of rehabilitation, the steps to be taken, and the time frame.” c. Can co-exist with permanent alimony. Also, permanent alimony can be requested after the rehabilitative period. d. Does not terminate upon the remarriage of the dependent spouse, unless “the Court finds that the circumstances
