In our previous post, we explained how Missouri statute governs the modification of maintenance and that a party seeking a change must show a substantial…
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You are paying your former spouse maintenance and you would like to pay less. Can you? Under what circumstances does the law allow you to…
The new tax law will make all alimony, known as maintenance in Missouri, non-deductible to the paying spouse and tax-free to the recipient spouse. So,…
We have tracked the progress of the current tax reform proposal as it moves through Congress. The House version of the bill had eliminated the…
In an earlier post, we informed you about a part of the proposed tax reform bill introduced in the House of Representatives and its impact…
As many of you may know from watching the news, the House of Representatives, working with the President, have unveiled a new tax reform proposal…
Nationally, states vary in how they treat alimony, or what we call maintenance in Missouri. Some states allow alimony for long periods of time, some…
We receive a number of inquiries every month about the impact of cohabitation on a maintenance award, and we thought we would take a moment…
We happened upon this interesting article that noted that, while 40 percent of households in this country have female breadwinners, only 3 percent of men…
In Missouri, maintenance terminates on certain conditions, most commonly the death or remarriage of the party receiving maintenance. In Kunce v. Kunce, the Western District…