FAQ 4: Alimony

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What is the difference between “spousal support,” “alimony,” and “spousal maintenance?”

Those phrases are used interchangeably in Utah but, for the most part, the legal term in Utah is “alimony.”


Who can get Alimony?
Alimony can be awarded to men and women, on a permanent basis or temporarily. Although courts are more willing to award alimony to persons who had long-term marriages, alimony may be awarded in shorter-term marriages where one spouse earns substantially more than the other or if a spouse was a stay-at-home parent and has no source of income at the time the divorce occurs...

 

 

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