Spousal Support

Plainly speaking, spousal support are payments made by one spouse with higher income to the other spouse with a lower income. There are a number of factors that determine the amount of spousal support payable by one spouse to the other. These factors generally include:

• Length of the marriage
• Difference between the incomes of the spouses
• Children of the marriage
• The different roles played by each spouse during the marriage/cohabitation of the parties.