These updates collectively address the evolving structure of families, economic shifts, and technological changes affecting parenting and financial responsibilities. Experts note that modern family ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Even though child support and alimony payments are spelled out in explicit detail as part of divorce settlement agreements, most divorced women and children don’t receive the money they are owed. In ...

Alimony payment laws could be dramatically revamped under a proposed plan that would lay out in state law for the first time specific guidelines on the levels and duration of payments to former ...

Alimony is taxable if your divorce was finalized before 2019. If your divorce was finalized in 2019 or later, alimony is not taxable income for the recipient, and the payer can’t deduct alimony from ...