VIRGINIA Part 114

Additionally there are the categories of payments that refer to whether or not following the court decree; it is possible to alter the amounts of alimony.

Technical alimony means that the amount of payments can be modified after the divorce if the agreement states that the payments are dependent upon certain conditions and the conditions warrant it. Either spouse can petition the court for an increase or decrease in payments.

The court regardless of a change in circumstances cannot modify fixed Alimony. It must be stated in the agreement between the divorcing spouses that the alimony is to be fixed or the court will understand it to be modifiable at a later date.