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What is Alimony? 

Alimony is a payment that one spouse makes to the other during and/or after the Divorce Process. In Texas, the court calls these payments "spousal maintenance" or "maintenance." 

 
You can use our Divorce Alimony Calculator below to calculate the total maintenance support you will receive and for how many years.   

 How much is spousal support in Texas?  There is no formula to tell you how much spousal maintenance you will be awarded. An award for maintenance cannot exceed $5000 per month or 20% of the spouse's gross income (whichever is less).  

In temporary spousal support, the court determines that the spouse with the lower income should have found another source of income or financial support after a certain period of time. Spousal support may be awarded by the judge for a short period of time after the divorce is finalized. 

A Motion for Temporary Orders must be filed by the lower-earning spouse in order to receive this interim support. The court will award it only in cases where its use and fairness are deemed necessary.

 This Alimony calculator can help answer,  

What is the alimony amount in divorce for Texas?   

How much monthly alimony support can I Receive? 

How long will my Alimony support last?

Have a 401k or other retirement assets? See our Video on QDROs

Want to buy out your spouse? 

Use our Divorce Buyout Calculator

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