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- The advantages and disadvantages of lump-sum settlement.
- The amount of such payment and the method it will be paid (cash, property).
- Will it be paid in installments?
- Conditions attached to paying and receiving (disability, death, remarriage, cohabitation).
- Terms arranged to provide enforcement measures.
- Tax effects of proposed arrangements.
- The effects of will and inheritances.
How is spousal support or alimony paid or distributed?
There are several factors to be considered based upon the current laws:
What are the risks involved?
There is always some risk involved with actual getting all of the court ordered payments. The factors that often lead to these risks are:
- Additional expenses from new marriage or new family.
- Cohabitation.
- Incapacitation through illness.
- Payment withheld as punishment, due to an other order violation.
- Refusal to pay.
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