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Alimony payments are only one spouse may be ordered to pay another wife for support after a divorce. Rhode Island divorce, some spouses eligible for alimony from the other spouse. Alimony is also known as spousal support or spouse maintenance.

Rigler 15-5-16 defines the factors that the Rhode Island Family Court judge should use to determine if a husband or wife Qualifies for payment of alimony to the other spouse.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court stated that "maintenance is a rehabilitative tool designed to provide temporary support until the spouse is self-sufficient, and is based solely on need." Berard v. Berard Law Rhode Island support is presented below. You must contact David Slepkow to get legal advice about your case.

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Generally, alimony is granted for a period of time, in increments that are usually weekly or monthly. Alimony may be awarded as a result of a divorce settlement. If a party seeks spousal or is unwilling to give up alimony and the parties can not agree on a price support and alimony may be awarded in divorce proceedings.

Temporary alimony may be granted by the Rhode Island Family Court to the beginning of divorce RI. The award of temporary maintenance shall remain in force until a final decision by the Rhode Island Family Court judge of first instance in RI Divorce.

The purpose of the pension is rehabilitative in nature. "Alimony should be" to pay for a short but specific and terminable period of time, which will cease when the beneficiary is in reasonable efforts exerciseof in a position of self-support. "Thompson v. Thompson

Alimony is usually granted on a temporary basis, but may be granted for an indefinite period and (perhaps what appears to be permanent) basis if the facts warrant an indefinite alimony. The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that "the maintenance can be granted, even for an indefinite period until the trial court considered all the statutory factors."

maintenance for an indefinite period may be ordered in a case where a party is seriously incapacitated as a result of old age is unable to work. alimony for an indefinite period could also be attributed to a plethora of different factual circumstances.

The Court must consider "the health, age, station, occupation, amount and source of income, vocational skills and employability of the parties" to take a decision support.

Affordability is a critical factor in determining the amount of alimony and child support or not should be granted. There are many cases where one spouse is in desperate need of maintenance, but the other spouse has no ability to pay alimony sufficient. In some cases, the spouse has no ability to pay because of maintenance to the other spouse or a child support for other children.

In addition, according to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, "Section 15-5-16 does not explicitly prohibit a fixed price." However, the alimony award lump sum seems to be disadvantaged under the law RI.

The best candidate for alimony is a spouse who has put aside career ambitions of his many years of being a housewife and care for children. Therefore the role of feeding the children and establish and maintain a home, the other spouse has been able to advance in their careers to be able to afford to pay alimony.

In some cases, the family made a decision that a parent would put aside her career aspirations to raise a child or minor children. Accordingly, a set of skills of the housewife is so overwhelmed that he or she is unable to obtain suitable employment.