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Alimony

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000467

Financial support paid by one spouse to the other after a divorce or legal separation. This payment aims to prevent a spouse from suffering undue economic hardship due to the dissolution of the marriage. The amount and duration of alimony are determined by factors such as the length of the marriage, each spouse's income, and their earning capacity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000467
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000467",
  "term": "Alimony",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Financial support paid by one spouse to the other after a divorce or legal separation. This payment aims to prevent a spouse from suffering undue economic hardship due to the dissolution of the marriage. The amount and duration of alimony are determined by factors such as the length of the marriage, each spouse's income, and their earning capacity.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/alimony/"
}

Record 240 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.