Buffalo Grove, IL asked in Divorce for Illinois

Q: Does alimony have to end in the state of IL if one of us gets remarried?

We are mutually getting divorced and we have come to an agreement on to what alimony will be. If I were to get remarried would I lose the alimony or can it be put in our contract that it will have no effect on our agreement? My soon to be ex-husband has no issue if I were to get remarried before he fulfilled his financial obligation.

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J. Richard Kulerski
J. Richard Kulerski
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  • Oak Brook Terrace, IL
  • Licensed in Illinois

A: Maintenance terminates by law upon the remarriage of the party receiving the maintenance unless the parties agree in their Judgment that maintenance will continue even if that party remarries. This is a situation where the parties have the right to agree to deviate from the way the law is typically applied.

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