Spousal Support

Spousal Support (formerly alimony) is money to be paid in a divorce, separate maintenance, or annulment case by one spouse to the other for the support of the recipient spouse. Under Michigan case law, the court must consider eleven factors in determining whether (and in what amount) spousal support is to be awarded:Past relations and conduct of the parties (fault).Length of the marriage.Ability of the parties to work and their respective incomes.Source and amount of property awarded to the part…