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Alimony or Spousal support

Alimony, also known as maintenance or spousal support, is the court-ordered financial support of one spouse by the other spouse, typically as part of a divorce. In some states, this is also known as “maintenance.”

State laws on alimony differ, sometimes substantially. Each state has its own conditions under which alimony may be granted. In some states, property is divided in such a way that the states effectively do away with alimony.

In general, alimony that is granted permanently or for an indefinite period of time may be modified if either former spouse requests it from the court. In many states, the party asking for the modification would have to show a substantial and material change of circumstances for alimony to be modified (for instance, loss of employment or significantly higher income). Alimony that has been granted permanently or for an indefinite period of time typically ends upon death of either spouse or remarriage of the recipient spouse. In some states, alimony may also end if the recipient spouse cohabitates with a significant other (though there are often requirements in addition to mere cohabitation and these vary by state).

Since issues related to alimony are determined by reference to state law, and because state laws on alimony vary, it is critically important to find the right alimony or spousal support lawyer.

Finding your Alimony or Spousal support lawyer

CheckedOutFamilyLawyers.com provides the best way to find alimony or spousal support lawyers and alimony or spousal support attorneys, along with alimony or spousal support laws and information.

To find the right alimony or spousal support lawyer for you, it's critical to use a method that makes sense. Two common methods make little sense:

Advertisements & Attorney Listing Services …

Is the alimony or spousal support lawyer with the biggest ad in the phone book the best alimony or spousal support lawyer for you? Not likely. It's easy to see why you might not find the attorney who's right for you through an advertisement.

How about services that merely list attorneys, often on websites? Are they any better? Probably not. Listing services are typically just advertisements. Like the phone book, cash is usually the only criteria for a service to list a family lawyer.

Ask yourself: Do listing services screen attorneys in any way?

Do they check …

• References of other attorneys?
• References of former clients?
• If a family lawyer has a disciplinary history?
• If a family lawyer is properly licensed?
• If family law a significant part of a lawyer's practice?

Listing services typically fail to answer any of these questions. They simply leave it up to you.

Client Referrals …

Client (non-lawyer) referrals usually make little sense. Why? Because clients rarely know enough about the process of practicing law to understand what their alimony or spousal support lawyer actually did for them. Or to understand if their alimony or spousal support lawyer did a quality job for them compared to other alimony or spousal support lawyers.

Could they have achieved a better result with another attorney? Were the results achieved by the alimony or spousal support lawyer typical for that lawyer?

It's not that client referrals can't be helpful, but they should be only one of several criteria that a person uses to hire an attorney.

The CheckedOutFamilyLawyers.com Method

CheckedOutFamilyLawyers.com provides the best way to find a quality, prescreened alimony or spousal support lawyer in your area. What do we mean by prescreened? We mean that we do the hard part. It's free, easy, and confidential.

We have a lawyer who works for us check out family lawyers for you, by doing out the following:

(1). We make sure family law is a substantial part of the lawyer's practice
(2). We make sure the family lawyers are properly licensed
(3). We make sure the family lawyers have no public record of professional discipline
(4). We speak to three former clients of the family lawyer who have had favorable experiences
(5). We speak to three other attorneys who speak highly of the family lawyer and their expertise in alimony or spousal support law

You can do some of what we do yourself. You can use our How to Check Out Lawyers page to check out a specific alimony or spousal support lawyer who you are already thinking about using. You can also use the links to check out any other lawyer. Alternatively, you can use CheckedOutFamilyLawyers.com to learn more about verified alimony or spousal support lawyers who we’ve already checked out.