What Happens with Alimony When Parties Remarry?

Alimony is also known as spousal support and this is ordered by court. One spouse must provide spousal support to another after the divorce. Payments can be in any form and the court determines the agreement of the parties in different circumstances. Alimony can be short term or long term and your divorce lawyer will help you get what you deserve.

When the court decides that one of the spouses will pay alimony to the other, there are some key decoding factors. The factors are marriage span, financial needs of the spouses, potential of the spouses to provide support and more. The objective of alimony is to provide support to the spouse who needs financial assistance.

What happens if both the parties remarry after divorce? What happens to the alimony order in that scenario? Let’s discuss here.

Remarriage and Alimony

If you are paying alimony to your ex-spouse according to the agreement made at the time of your divorce, the terms can change if your ex-spouse or you remarry. When someone is paying to their ex-spouse, he may have to continue even if he remarries. If the paying ex-spouse’s marriage results in financial demands which are impossible to pay, the court may decide on the amount.

If you are supported by your ex-spouse but you remarry, your alimony could be reconsidered or terminated. Besides, your ex-spouse too does not have to meet your financial demands once you marry again.

ISSUE:

The issue decides if a judge can include the period between the first divorces and when both of the parties can cohabitate in a home. It also calculates the marriage length to decide the alimony.

HOLDING:

In holding, the judge can include the first marriage, the cohabitation time, the second marriage length, but should exclude the time when the parties lived separated. The correct alimony determining process is adding the time of the first marriage, the cohabitation time, and the second marriage span.

Contact Foshee and Yaffee for divorce lawyers in OKC if you are perplexed with the entire condition.

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