Q: My divorce pays $250 alimony married for 11 years being receiving this for 12 years it states family law 11-108
So when do alimony stops my last child is 16 with child support also
A: Review your judgment of absolute divorce and/or separation and property settlement ageement (if you have one) setting forth the terms of the alimony payment. Alimony can be for a definite terms, like 10 years, and then it ends, or it may be for an "indefinite" term, which means it continues until one party petitions the court to either increase it or decrease it or terminate it based upon a "change in circumstances" in the financial condition and needs of the parties. If it is indefinite, meaning there is no stated definite term or date when it ends, then in the absence of anyone filing a motion, it continues until one of the two former spouses dies, or the spouse receiving the alimony remarries. It has nothing to do with child support, which is governed by other rules. Unless agreed to otherwise, child support terminates upon the child reaching the age of 18, or if enrolled full-time in high school, until the child completes high school (but not past the age of 19)--whichever is later. Alimony is not affected by the termination of child support.
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