Section 30-2-50 Allowance for support during pendency of action. Pending an action for divorce, the court may make an allowance for the support of either spouse out of the estate of the other spouse, suitable to the spouse’s estate and the condition in life of the parties, for a period of time not longer than […]
Section 30-2-51 Allowance upon grant of divorce; certain property not considered; retirement benefits. (a) If either spouse has no separate estate or if it is insufficient for the maintenance of a spouse, the judge, upon granting a divorce, at his or her discretion, may order to a spouse an allowance out of the estate of […]
Section 30-2-52 Allowance upon grant of divorce for misconduct; certain property not considered. If the divorce is in favor of either spouse for the misconduct of the other spouse, the judge trying the case shall have the right to make an allowance to either spouse out of the estate of either spouse, or not make […]
Section 30-2-54 Award of attorney fees in action where contempt citation issued. In all actions for divorce or for the recovery of alimony, maintenance, or support in which a judgment of divorce has been issued or is pending and a contempt of court citation has been made by the court against either party, the court […]
Section 30-2-55 Termination of alimony upon remarriage or cohabitation with member of opposite sex; reimbursement not required. Any decree of divorce providing for periodic payments of alimony shall be modified by the court to provide for the termination of such alimony upon petition of a party to the decree and proof that the spouse receiving […]
Section 30-2-56 Interim alimony. (a)(1) In an action for divorce, legal separation, or annulment, the court may award either spouse interim alimony based upon a showing of all of the following: a. The spouse maintains the validity of the marriage. b. The spouse needs interim alimony, after taking into consideration any other financial contributions provided […]
Section 30-2-57 Rehabilitative or periodic alimony. (a) Upon granting a divorce or legal separation, the court shall award either rehabilitative or periodic alimony as provided in subsection (b), if the court expressly finds all of the following: (1) A party lacks a separate estate or his or her separate estate is insufficient to enable the […]
Section 30-2-58 Applicability of Sections 30-2-56 and 30-2-57. Sections 30-2-56 and 30-2-57 govern actions for divorce, legal separation, or annulment filed on or after January 1, 2018. The law in effect before January 1, 2018, shall continue to govern any action concerning alimony in any case concerning divorce, legal separation, or annulment that was filed […]
