SOUTH CAROLINA Part 70

Can You Get a Lump Sum Payment of Alimony?

Yes. South Carolina divorce law permits your family court judge to order a fourth type of alimony, which is lump sum alimony. Your judge may order lump sum alimony if the parties agree to it or if special circumstances exist. For example, if the paying spouse has already left South Carolina, the divorce judge may order a lump sum payment of a definite, fixed amount of alimony. Armed with a judgment for the lump sum alimony, the supported spouse can then collect his or her alimony by selling the real estate or other property of the absent spouse.