Courts do not award alimony by default. The requesting spouse must clear two legal gates before a judge weighs anything else: demonstrate a genuine financial need and show that the other spouse has the ability to pay. Fail either test and the award is $0 — regardless of how long...
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Does Remarriage End Alimony? What Happens When the Recipient Gets Married Again
In most states, remarriage ends alimony on the day of the wedding — not when the payor files a motion, not when a judge signs off, but the moment the certificate is signed. That outcome is written directly into the statute. But “most states” is doing real work in that...
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