4. What do we need to do to get alimony?
Spousal Maintenance/Alimony
Missouri law allows one divorcing spouse to request
maintenance payments -- informally known as alimony -- from the other. Courts
don't award maintenance automatically, nor do they award it solely based on
gender; what matters is the spouses' relative incomes. If one person doesn't
work, or works but earns much less money than the other, the court may award
maintenance to lessen the financial impact of divorce and help ease that
person's transition into financial independence. As two-income households have
become the norm, many divorcing people don't even consider asking for maintenance.
But because Missouri courts have significant discretion in whether and how to
award maintenance payments, it's important to retain a skilled St. Louis
divorce lawyer in any maintenance case.
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