If you are having issues with your spouse paying you your alimony or if you are thinking you will be divorcing and want guidance on how to protect your right to alimony, property, and assets during it, our skilled Asheville, NC alimony lawyer is here to help. The compassionate team at The McKinney Law Group understands how stressful going through a divorce is and how incredibly frustrating it is when your ex doesn’t hold up their end of the divorce agreement to pay you alimony. Contact us today if you need help with alimony or family law issues.
How Our Alimony Lawyer Can Help
Alimony, also known as, spousal support, is financial support for a financially dependent spouse that may be awarded by a court after their legal separation or divorce. If one spouse is financially independent, they may be ordered to pay the dependent spouse support. This payment is meant to allow the dependent spouse to maintain the same standard of living as they transition out of being married and cohabitating. To make sure that the amount awarded is equitable to both parties, the amount and duration of alimony is determined by the court using factors such as, how much both parties earn and the length of the marriage.
Our spousal support lawyer guides our clients through the legal aspects of alimony, legal separation, and divorce. All our family law lawyers can give alimony-specific guidance, information, and help.
If you are at the beginning of separating from your ex or want to change your existing agreement, our Asheville alimony lawyer can represent you in negotiations or mediation. If negotiation and mediation do not work, we will help you gather evidence, develop strategies tailored to your particular situation- and aggressively represent you in court.
If you already have an alimony agreement in place and your ex is not paying you the amount the court ordered when they are supposed to, our alimony dispute lawyer can help you enforce the order and collect back payments. If it gets to the point where we cannot get your ex to cooperate, we can give you advice and explain your rights to pursue a contempt of court proceeding and what this entails.
We understand how stressful and overwhelming it is when you know that you need to separate and that you need financial support during the process and after your divorce is final, and we can help you through this with sound legal advice and guidance.
We understand how frustrating and incredibly stressful it is when you do not have money to pay your bills and for life’s necessities because your ex is not paying you the alimony they are supposed to. We are here to discuss your situation and to come up with strategies to remedy this.
Why Experience Matters In An Alimony Lawyer
When you have a skilled marital settlement lawyer on your side who is experienced with successfully handling alimony negotiations and all the legal aspects of your divorce or legal separation, you can rest assured that you will not fall into the many pitfalls of alimony issues you might if you were to hire an inexperienced lawyer or try to do this on your own.
Our firm brings to you:
- 20+ years of successfully helping families with all aspects of family law and estate planning.
- An attorney who is well respected within the law community as a litigator who has over ten years of trial experience.
- An attorney who was an associate with one of the largest family law firms in Tampa before opening our firm.
- Clients who say things like, “As a fellow attorney, when my wife informed me that she would be filing a petition for dissolution of marriage, I made one call to the only lawyer I trusted to represent me during the process… It was crucial for me to have the best representation possible, as there was a concern my wife would try and use our two children for personal gain. I needed to make sure from the beginning that we had the best strategy moving forward, and I had no hesitation that I would receive the most thorough and logical advice from Damien. I highly recommend The McKinney Law Group to anyone looking for a professional and veteran family law attorney.”–Client, Stefanos A.
If you need help with alimony, other family law matters, and estate planning, The McKinney Law Group is here for you. Contact our Asheville alimony lawyer today to see how we can start helping you secure your financial future.