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North Carolina alimony law uses a dependent-spouse/supporting-spouse framework under N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-16.3A. Learn about the 16 factors, the adultery bar and mandate, postseparation support, and when alimony ends.
Michigan uses the term spousal support, not alimony. No statutory formula exists. Courts weigh the Sparks v. Sparks factors under MCL 552.23 to make a just and reasonable award. Learn how periodic support and alimony in gross differ, when support ends, and the post-TCJA tax rules.
Maryland favors rehabilitative alimony. Indefinite alimony requires proving the recipient cannot become self-supporting, or that living standards would be unconscionably disparate. No formula.
Washington calls spousal support "maintenance" under RCW 26.09.090. Courts have full discretion -- no formula -- guided by six statutory factors. A 2024 Supreme Court ruling confirmed need is not a strict prerequisite.
Virginia calls it spousal support, not alimony. Final awards are discretionary under Va. Code section 20-107.1 (13 factors). Adultery generally bars support. A pendente lite formula applies for combined income under $10,000.
Georgia alimony is discretionary under O.C.G.A. 19-6-1 and 19-6-5. Courts weigh eight factors with no formula. Adultery or desertion by the requesting spouse bars alimony entirely.
Colorado calls spousal support "spousal maintenance." An advisory guideline under C.R.S. § 14-10-114 suggests amount and duration when combined income is $240,000 or less and the marriage lasted 3+ years. Courts retain full discretion.
Pennsylvania recognizes three support types: spousal support and APL (formula-based under Pa. R.C.P. 1910.16-4) and post-divorce alimony (discretionary, 17 factors, no formula under 23 Pa. C.S. 3701). Learn amounts, duration, and tax rules.
Minnesota calls it spousal maintenance. The 2024 reform (HF 3204, eff. Aug 1, 2024) renamed the types to transitional and indefinite and added three marriage-length rebuttable presumptions under Minn. Stat. section 518.552. No amount formula exists.
Arizona calls alimony "spousal maintenance." Learn the two-step eligibility test under A.R.S. 25-319, how the 2023 court guidelines (updated Sept 2025) calculate amount and duration ranges, and when maintenance ends.
Massachusetts Alimony Reform Act (2011) set four types of alimony under M.G.L. c. 208 ss. 48-55: general term, rehabilitative, reimbursement, and transitional. Durational caps, amount limits, and termination rules explained.