Taxes are already complicated enough without adding divorce or dependents to the mix. But if you’ve been making or receiving alimony or child support payments, you need to know how those payments ...

Q. My ex is taking me back to court to change the support order – he wants more alimony now that our teenage kids have moved in with me full time and the court ended his child support. He didn’t work ...

IF YOU AGREE to pay "alimony" to your ex, you are certainly counting on being able to write off those payments. Indeed, properly structured payments are deductible on your return (good for you) and ...

1. Execute a prenuptial agreement before you remarry. A properly drafted prenuptial agreement can preserve property for your ...

To the extent that a payment under a divorce or separation instrument is fixed or treated as fixed as support for a child of the payor spouse, it will not be treated as alimony. Thus, such a payment ...

After 12 years of marriage, my husband and I separated. We get along well so we decided to represent ourselves. In August, he moved to Rhode Island to take his dream teaching job. Our daughters stayed ...