{"id":2666,"date":"2013-02-20T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2013-02-20T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:16:45","slug":"will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Minnesota, alimony is known as \u201cspousal support\u201d or \u201cspousal maintenance.\u201d There are few hard and fast rules where spousal support is concerned.
\nIt won\u2019t be a factor at all in some divorce cases, and it\u2019s difficult to predict for sure whether it will be a factor in yours, or what kinds of numbers you might be looking at.
\nThere are, however, some common scenarios that trigger spousal support considerations. The first is a large disparity in income between you and your spouse. If one spouse makes $100,000.00 per year and the other makes nothing, then spousal support is almost certain.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Family<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

The second \u201ctrigger\u201d would be a long marriage period. Again, there\u2019s no hard and fast rule, but the dissolution of a 30 year marriage is more likely to result in the payment of spousal support than the dissolution of a marriage of 5 years.
\nThe courts take many<\/em> factors into account before awarding spousal support.
\nSpousal support also may or may not last forever. There are temporary awards, meant to get one spouse \u201cback on their feet\u201d before moving into independence, and there are permanent awards which are awarded for life, typically when such a move into independence seems unlikely.
\nThe age and skills of the spouse who might be awarded spousal support are taken into account. The court will consider how long education, re-training, and employment may take.
\nThe courts will consider the standard of living that you and your spouse have maintained during the course of your marriage. The courts will also consider your expenses and your spouse\u2019s expenses.
\nThe court will look at the contributions to the acquisition, appreciation, and depreciation of marital property. Homemaking and unpaid work in the family business are both important contributions in the eyes of the court.
\nThere is no \u201cspousal support\u201d calculator that you can turn to in Minnesota because the guidelines are very loose. It comes down to negotiations, agreements, good arguments, and what might seem fair to the judge.
\nThis is why you absolutely need a good family law attorney<\/a> on your side when you get a divorce. Contact us for a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Minnesota, alimony is known as \u201cspousal support\u201d or \u201cspousal maintenance.\u201d There are few hard and fast rules where spousal support is concerned. It won\u2019t be a factor at all in some divorce cases, and it\u2019s difficult to predict for sure whether it will be a factor in yours, or what kinds of numbers you might be looking at. There are, however, some common scenarios that trigger spousal support considerations. The first is a large disparity in income between you and your spouse. If one spouse makes $100,000.00 per year and the other makes nothing, then spousal support is almost certain. The second \u201ctrigger\u201d would be a long marriage period. Again, there\u2019s no hard and fast rule, but the dissolution of a 30 year marriage is more likely to result in the payment of spousal support than the dissolution of a marriage of 5 years. The courts take many factors into account before awarding spousal support. Spousal support also may or may not last forever. There are temporary awards, meant to get one spouse \u201cback on their feet\u201d before moving into independence, and there are permanent awards which are awarded for life, typically when such a move into independence seems unlikely. The age and skills of the spouse who might be awarded spousal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"\nWill I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Minnesota, alimony is known as \u201cspousal support\u201d or \u201cspousal maintenance.\u201d There are few hard and fast rules where spousal support is concerned. It won\u2019t be a factor at all in some divorce cases, and it\u2019s difficult to predict for sure whether it will be a factor in yours, or what kinds of numbers you might be looking at. There are, however, some common scenarios that trigger spousal support considerations. The first is a large disparity in income between you and your spouse. If one spouse makes $100,000.00 per year and the other makes nothing, then spousal support is almost certain. The second \u201ctrigger\u201d would be a long marriage period. Again, there\u2019s no hard and fast rule, but the dissolution of a 30 year marriage is more likely to result in the payment of spousal support than the dissolution of a marriage of 5 years. The courts take many factors into account before awarding spousal support. Spousal support also may or may not last forever. There are temporary awards, meant to get one spouse \u201cback on their feet\u201d before moving into independence, and there are permanent awards which are awarded for life, typically when such a move into independence seems unlikely. The age and skills of the spouse who might be awarded spousal...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Family-Law-150x38.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elizabeth A. Schading\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elizabeth A. Schading\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/\",\"name\":\"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f593639160f17fde6e6b656a5faec22a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\",\"description\":\"Attorneys at Law\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f593639160f17fde6e6b656a5faec22a\",\"name\":\"Elizabeth A. Schading\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/7639ebe83cecdf0a13191556b582fd98\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/038a39d4af6745d77d75ac4070209bb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/038a39d4af6745d77d75ac4070209bb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elizabeth A. Schading\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/author\/elizabeth-a-schading\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.","og_description":"In Minnesota, alimony is known as \u201cspousal support\u201d or \u201cspousal maintenance.\u201d There are few hard and fast rules where spousal support is concerned. It won\u2019t be a factor at all in some divorce cases, and it\u2019s difficult to predict for sure whether it will be a factor in yours, or what kinds of numbers you might be looking at. There are, however, some common scenarios that trigger spousal support considerations. The first is a large disparity in income between you and your spouse. If one spouse makes $100,000.00 per year and the other makes nothing, then spousal support is almost certain. The second \u201ctrigger\u201d would be a long marriage period. Again, there\u2019s no hard and fast rule, but the dissolution of a 30 year marriage is more likely to result in the payment of spousal support than the dissolution of a marriage of 5 years. The courts take many factors into account before awarding spousal support. Spousal support also may or may not last forever. There are temporary awards, meant to get one spouse \u201cback on their feet\u201d before moving into independence, and there are permanent awards which are awarded for life, typically when such a move into independence seems unlikely. The age and skills of the spouse who might be awarded spousal...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/","og_site_name":"Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.","article_published_time":"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/bgs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Family-Law-150x38.png"}],"author":"Elizabeth A. Schading","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elizabeth A. Schading","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/","name":"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00","dateModified":"2013-02-20T18:16:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f593639160f17fde6e6b656a5faec22a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/will-i-get-or-have-to-pay-alimony\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Will I Get, or Have to Pay, Alimony?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/","name":"Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.","description":"Attorneys at Law","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f593639160f17fde6e6b656a5faec22a","name":"Elizabeth A. Schading","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/7639ebe83cecdf0a13191556b582fd98","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/038a39d4af6745d77d75ac4070209bb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/038a39d4af6745d77d75ac4070209bb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elizabeth A. Schading"},"url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/author\/elizabeth-a-schading\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}