Financial Support & Alimony Flashcards

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Factors considered in determining whether to award alimony

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Financial resources
Standard of living
Duration of marriage (7, 7-17, 17+ )
Age/health
Earning capacity/education/skills
Time to acquire employment/education
Contributions to marriage (home-making, child-rearing)
Responsibilities to minor kids
Tax consequences
Marital misconduct (depleting marital assets)
Imputation of income
Any other factors necessary for equity

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What are the 5 types of alimony?

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Bridge the gap - 2 years transition to single life

Rehabilitative alimony - limited time so spouse can acquire independence

Durational alimony - assistance for a set period

Pendent lite (temporary) - from separation to divorce

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Bridge the gap alimony

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2 years only

To transition to single life

For specific short-term needs

Cannot be modified

Terminates upon either party’s death or the remarriage of recipient

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Rehabilitative alimony

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Limited time - 5 yr max

To help recipient become self-suficient and improve earning capacity

Specific rehabilitative plan is required

Can be modified/terminated upon substantial change in circumstances

Remarriage doesn’t lead to automatic termination, but is a factor to consider

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Durational alimony

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Lasts for short period-cannot be longer than duration of marriage

To prone economic assistance for set period

Only awarded if no other form of alimony is suitable

Terminates upon death of either party or remarriage of recipient

Amount may be modified upon substantial change in circumstances

Length may be modified due to exceptional circumstances

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Pendent lite alimony (temporary)

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Lasts from separation to divorce

To put parties on equal footing during proceedings

Can be vacated/modified/set aside for good cause

Retroactive modifications are permitted

Cannot be contracted away

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Modification of support

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Unexpected substantial change in circumstances (bop on moving party)

Death of either spouse

Remarriage of recipient ( not automatic re rehabilitative alimony)

Cohabitation - consider length of time, marital status, child support, financial support; does NOT terminate temporary alimony)

Retirement

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Paternity - establishing it & consequences

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An action to establish paternity may be brought by mom, child, or any man who believes he may be the father

If established, court may order birth costs, child support, attorney fees, child custody and time-sharing

Genetic testing may be ordered; state must pay for indigents test; 95% or greater creates a presumption of paternity

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Marital presumption of paternity

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A husband is presumed to be the father of his wife’s unborn child - this presumption can be overcome w/ clear and convincing evidence. If the marriage is void or an old, the child is not a marital child.

A child born within nine months of divorce or death of the husband is a marital child

There is an every butterball presumption of paternity for artificial insemination during marriage, with written consent of both spouses

If the reputed father marries the mother, after the birth of the child, then the child is marital

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Estoppel of the denial of child support

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A husband, who is not a biological father of a child, may be a stopped from denying his obligation to pay child support if:

He represented that he would pay child support;

The wife relied on that representation; &

The wife suffered economic detriment as a result

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Statute of limitations of paternity

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Four years from the child’s age of majority

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Written acknowledgment of paternity

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Signed by both mother and father; &

Notarized, or signed by two witnesses, under penalty and perjury;

60 days to resend the acknowledgment

After 60 days, the presumption of paternity can only be challenged by fraud, dress, or material mistake of fact

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Disestablishment of paternity

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To petition the court, the man must provide:

An affidavit of newly discovered evidence that the man is not the father;

Scientific test results, showing that he is not the father or an affidavit, that he had no access to the child for such testing; &

Proof that he is current or substantially, complied, with his child support obligations, and that any arrears are due to inability to pay or just cause

There is no retroactive recovery of child support already paid

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Relief of paternity

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Relief MUST be granted if:

The child is under the age of 18 at the time of the position;
Scientific, testing, as accurate;
Demanded not adopt a child;
The child was not born from artificial insemination during marriage between the parents; & 
The man did not thwart he biological father from asserting parental rights

Relief may not be granted if the Man:

Voluntarily acknowledge, paternity, and Ana tested document;
Married the mother and voluntarily assumed parents are obligations;
Voluntarily promise, to support the child; or
Disregarded an official notice for scientific testing

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Personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state parent

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Personal service

Consent

Current residency with the child in state

Past residency in the state plus payment of prenatal expenses or support of the child

Child resides in the state of the direction of the defendant

Intercourse in the state, and the child is the result of that act

Asserted parentage in a putative, father registry; or

Any other bases, consistent with the federal and state constitutions

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