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Robert Brockway at 05:20, 13 April 2025

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	[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.		[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.

			A growing number of women are now paying alimony.<ref>https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/12/03/more-and-more-women-are-paying-alimony-to-failure-to-launch-ex-husbands-and-theyre-really-really-not-happy-about-it/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/mJhl8</ref>

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	[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia),~~[1]~~ is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.		[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.

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	[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia),[1] is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.		[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia),[1] is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.

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			*[[Palimony]]

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Robert Brockway: Partial import from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alimony&oldid=1175191544

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	~~'''~~Alimony~~'''~~ (also called ~~'''~~maintenance~~'''~~ (~~Britain~~), ~~'''~~spousal support~~'''~~ (U.S./Canada) and ~~'''spousal~~ maintenance~~'''~~ (Australia)) is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to ~~his~~ or ~~her~~ ~~spouse~~ after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the ~~[[wikipedia:~~divorce~~\|divorce]]~~ ~~[[wikipedia:~~law~~\|law]]~~ or ~~[[wikipedia:family_law\|~~family law]] of each country. ~~Traditionally,~~ ~~alimony~~ ~~was~~ ~~paid~~ by a ~~husband~~ to ~~his former~~ ~~wife~~, ~~but~~ ~~since~~ ~~the~~ ~~1970s~~ ~~there~~ ~~have~~ ~~been moves in many Western~~ ~~countries~~ to ~~[[wikipedia:gender_equality\|gender~~ ~~equality]]~~ ~~with~~ a ~~corresponding~~ ~~recognition~~ ~~that~~ a ~~former~~ ~~husband~~ ~~may~~ ~~also~~ be ~~entitled to alimony from his former~~ ~~wife~~.		[[Alimony]], also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia),[1] is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money to the child's other parent or guardian.

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'''Alimony''' (also called '''maintenance''' (Britain), '''spousal support''' (U.S./Canada) and '''spousal maintenance''' (Australia)) is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to his or her spouse after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the [[wikipedia:divorce|divorce]] [[wikipedia:law|law]] or [[wikipedia:family_law|family law]] of each country. Traditionally, alimony was paid by a husband to his former wife, but since the 1970s there have been moves in many Western countries to [[wikipedia:gender_equality|gender equality]] with a corresponding recognition that a former husband may also be entitled to alimony from his former wife.

==Etymology==
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The term alimony comes from the Latin word ''[[wikt:alimonia#Latin|alimōnia]]'' ("nourishment, sustenance", from ''[[wikt:alere|alere]],'' "to nourish"), from which also [[wikipedia:alimentary|alimentary]] (of, or relating to food, nutrition, or digestion) and the [[wikipedia:scots_law|Scots law]] concept of [[wikipedia:aliment|aliment]], and was a rule of sustenance to assure the wife's lodging, food, clothing, and other necessities after divorce.<ref name="Hardy">{{cite web|title=Nevada Alimony: An Important Policy in Need of a Coherent Policy Purpose | author=The Honorable David A. Hardy| publisher = Nevada Law Journal (Winter 2009) 9 Nev. L.J. 325|url=https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&doctype=cite&docid=9+Nev.+L.J.+325&key=1683b20312857bac7ee1e9068254486e}}</ref>

==History==
Alimony has been discussed in ancient legal texts including the [[wikipedia:Babylonian|Babylonian]] [[wikipedia:Code of Hammurabi|Code of Hammurabi]]<ref>{{cite book
|author=Translated by L. W. King
|title=The Code of Hammurabi
|url=http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/hammurabi.htm
|date=1 June 2004
|publisher=Kessinger Publishing
|isbn=978-1-4191-5703-5