Child Support Payments

Alimony constitutes regular and mandatory payments made by one family member for the benefit of the other, in order to cover the costs of maintenance  and, if necessary, educational measures. One may file the petition for alimony payments, to have alimony lowered or raised or discharged.  The divorced spouse, children and relatives may be entitled to receive alimony.

Alimony for the divorced spouse

The divorced spouse, who has not been adjudged to be solely blamed for deterioration of marriage and has been in inadequacy, may claim alimony.  Should it be the case, the other spouse is obligated to cover the former’s maintenance costs to the extent of justified needs as far as the other spouse’s income and assets are sufficient. In case when one spouse has been solely blamed for deterioration of marriage, which has substantially affected the financial standing of the other spouse, the court may impose alimony to be paid by the spouse who has been adjudged to be solely blamed for deterioration of marriage for the benefit of the other spouse.

Child support payments

Children, who are unable to support themselves on their own, are entitled to the child support payments from their parents.  Parents may evade the child support payments for the benefit of adult children if such child support payments cause the parents to face financial over-commitment or adult children do not take any effort to support themselves on their own.

Alimony imposed on relatives

The next of kin and siblings are primarily obligated to make alimony payments. However, the closer relatives are obligated to make alimony payments in the first place before farther relatives supersede them to this end.  Farther relatives are obligated to make alimony payment exclusively when there are no closer relatives obligated to make alimony payments or when such a relative is not capable of making alimony payments due to such a relative’s financial standing.