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 ...

As 2019 begins, the big news in divorce is implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Trump Tax”) and its key provision that changes the way alimony has been taxed for decades. Under old ...

Alimony has two important tax statuses. If you finalized your divorce before Jan. 1, 2019, the person who collects alimony pays taxes on this money. This means that the person who pays alimony can ...

Alimony dates back centuries. The original idea was that once married, a man is responsible for a woman till death. But that notion has shifted in recent decades, as more women have jobs and their own ...

Of the 400,000 people in the United States receiving post-divorce spousal maintenance, just 3 percent were men, according to Census figures. Yet 40 percent of households are headed by female ...

Learn how alimony is taxed and other tax reporting tips you should know while filing taxes after a divorce. When you’re thinking about filing taxes after a divorce, you may want to know how your taxes ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...

"Lately, whenever young mothers ask me about staying home with my children, I admit that I’m not sure it was worth the ...

NEW YORK — Congress’ giant tax overhaul will affect a number of deductions — even the one for alimony. Republicans delivered their sweeping plan to an exultant President Donald Trump, who signed it ...

Debbie Leff Israel has a math problem. Like so many math problems, it’s also a romantic problem. In 2009, Leff Israel, a divorced math professor, connected on Facebook with a friend from high school ...

Crystal Harris was ordered to pay her ex-husband alimony upon his release. March 21, 2012— -- A woman who was sexually assaulted by her husband and then ordered by the court to pay alimony and ...

The Supreme Court recently upheld the grant of divorce to a family court judge while enhancing the permanent alimony payable ...