Long Island Alimony Attorney
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Spousal maintenance, or alimony, exists so that divorce does not enrich one spouse at the expense of another. If you’re anticipating a divorce, you may wonder whether you or your spouse are eligible for support or obligated to pay. For over 35 years, Simonetti & Associates has advised clients in both Nassau and Suffolk County on handling these issues.
We understand the letter of the law and the practical way the courts operate to decide who gets what and how much.
What types of spousal support are available on Long Island?
New York law makes several types of spousal support available to accommodate different circumstances, including:
- Temporary spousal maintenance: The court may award pendent lite relief so dependent spouses can maintain their accustomed lifestyle during the divorce process.
- Fixed-time/durational maintenance: The court may grant rehabilitative support to allow recipient spouses to improve their employment potential. Recipient spouses may undergo job training, further their education, or seek relevant work experience to become self-sufficient. This type of support can also help a stay-at-home parent with custody of small children remain with the children until they reach school age.
- Permanent/lifetime maintenance: Permanent spousal support continues until the paying spouse, the recipient, or the recipient’s death or remarriage. The court can adjust this type of support depending on the circumstances of the former spouses.
How does the court on Long Island calculate alimony awards?
Final orders of spousal maintenance differ from pendente lite and child support because there are no strict mathematical guidelines for the calculation. Instead, New York’s domestic relations law requires the court to consider numerous factors when deciding whether alimony is appropriate:
- The property and income of both parties
- The duration of the marriage
- The age and health of both parties
- The present and future earning capacities of both parties
- The ability of the party seeking maintenance to become self-sufficient
- The reduced or lost lifetime earning capacity of the party seeking support as a result of having delayed education, training, or career opportunities
- The presence of children of the marriage in the home of the parties
- The tax consequences for each party
- The waste of marital property by either spouse
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- Adoption
- Alimony
- Child Custody
- Child Custody Modification
- Child Support
- Collaborative Law
- Complex Divorce
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- Equitable Distribution of Assets
- Fathers’ Rights
- Martial Property
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- Orders Of Protection
- Pre/Postnuptial Agreements
- Relocation
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Same-Sex Divorce
- Separation Agreements
- Uncontested Divorce
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