by Lawrence | Mar 24, 2011 | alimony, Divorce
After a few years of paying alimony, you might say to yourself “I’ve been paying all this money to my ex-spouse for a long time. The situation is a lot different than it was when we got divorced. Can I stop the payments?” The answer, as is so often...
by Lawrence | Jun 25, 2014 | alimony, Divorce
While the divorce was pending, the parties in this case agreed on terms of a marital dissolution agreement which settled all of the issues in their case. One of the terms required the husband to pay alimony to the wife according to the following language: The Husband...
by Lawrence | Aug 13, 2013 | alimony, Divorce, Marital debt
Background The parties were married for approximately 20 years and had two children. During the marriage, Wife occasionally worked at various jobs but never earned more than $37,000 per year. Wife had a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, but had not...
by Lawrence | Feb 25, 2013 | alimony, Contempt of Court, Divorce
You have a lot of opportunities to be creative when drafting your marital dissolution agreement. If you and your spouse are able to agree on the terms of their divorce, you have a great deal of flexibility when working through the division of your assets and debts,...
by Lawrence | Feb 11, 2013 | alimony, Divorce
Tennessee currently recognizes four different types of alimony, and some of them can be modified or stopped under certain conditions. However, determining when the payments can stop depends on what type of alimony is being paid. The Tennessee Appellate Court...