What is alimony?

Family Law

Alimony is support that one spouse pays to the other spouse. Alimony can be permanent (usually until remarriage of the person getting alimony, death of either party, retirement or some other reason to end support); durational (for a specified period of time); rehabilitative (to give the party time to get more education or training to be self-supporting); or for a short period of time to help persons get “back on their feet”.