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Alimony
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Georgia and International Family Law Blog
Child Support and Alimony in Georgia: How Judges Decide
When a marriage with children ends, two of the most pressing financial questions are almost always about child support and alimony. While both are meant to provide financial stability after…
SCC Blog
Supreme Court Enhances Maintenance for Wife Undergoing Cancer Treatment and Minor Children; Rejects PF & ESPP Deductions as Permanent Charges
By Malika Bhola
Supreme Court: In a case concerning determination of just and adequate maintenance for a wife undergoing cancer treatment and 2 minor children, a Division Bench of Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh* and…
Georgia and International Family Law Blog
Divorce Debunked: Five Common Myths of Uncoupling
Between raw human emotions and an intricate judicial system, divorce is complex enough without misinformation making it harder. People may enter the process with assumptions they have gathered from friends,…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
The Problems of ApPARENT Wealth
By Mark Ashton
We have touched on this before. “Boomers” in America are reputed to hold $96 trillion in wealth and a lot of people from children to criminal scammers are noticing. Aside…
The Indian Lawyer Blog
SUPREME COURT: WIFE CAN BE DENIED INTERIM MAINTENANCE IF HUSBAND EX FACIE ESTABLISHES HER ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP UNDER SECTION 125(4) CrPC
Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan and Anr. Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 3171 of 2025 | 2026 INSC 778 Supreme Court of India | Coram: Sanjay…
Herston on Tennessee Family Law
Anticipated Expenses Can Support Alimony in Futuro in Gainsboro, Tennessee Divorce: McCarroll v. McCarroll
By K.O. Herston
Anticipated Expenses Can Support Alimony in Futuro in Gainsboro, Tennessee Divorce: McCarroll v. McCarroll Facts: Husband and Wife married in 1999. During the marriage, Wife worked in corrections, left employment…
Law Web
Supreme Court direct that in a subsequent maintenance proceeding, the applicant shall disclose the previous maintenance proceeding, and the orders passed therein
By Law Web
Directions on overlapping jurisdictionsIt is well settled that a wife can make a claim for maintenance under different statutes. For instance, there is no bar to seek maintenance both under…
North Carolina Divorce Lawyers Blog
North Carolina’s New Complex Family Financial Court: A Major Change for High-Asset Divorce Cases
By Carolyn J. Woodruff, JD, CPA, CVA
Learn how North Carolina’s new Complex Family Financial Court may affect high-asset divorce, business valuation, equitable distribution, and alimony cases. North Carolina has created a Complex Family Financial Court, a…
SCC Blog
Filing a DV Act Petition Does Not Automatically Entitle a Wife to Maintenance, Especially When She Earns More Than Her Husband: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court: In a writ petition challenging an order granting interim maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), the Single Judge Bench of…
Legal Bites
Family Wealth Cannot Be Used to Deny Maintenance to Wife, Rules Allahabad High Court
By Apurva Neel
The Allahabad High Court recently reaffirmed this principle while dismissing a criminal revision filed by a husband challenging an order directing him to pay ₹20,000 per month as maintenance to…