On Wednesday, we started to talk about how spousal support in Virginia works. We talked about what it is, what factors are involved in an award of spousal support, and how Virginia judges and attorneys determine how much spousal support to award. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Wednesday’s post, you can...
Alimony
For a lot of women, separating from their husbands means financial uncertainty. Whether the wife was the major breadwinner or not, splitting the money in two and maintaining two separate households is usually incredibly difficult. Not only that, but (excuse me if I’m propagating stereotypes) it usually is the wife who takes on the bulk...
Family support payments-sometimes referred to in other states as unallocated alimony-are support payments designed to benefit both the recipient spouse and the children in a Virginia divorce. Unlike child support or conventional spousal support the support payments labeled as unallocated support are not divided into separate portions for child support and spousal support. Taxes are...