When will a court award Alimony or spousal support?

In Delaware, alimony payments in a divorce is a sharing of income by the party with greater financial resources with the party with fewer resources (called the dependent party). The amount of alimony paid depends on the dependent spouse’s income and expenses, and on whether their income is appropriate and whether their expenses are reasonable. […]

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What does it mean that Delaware has No-Fault Divorces?

Delaware is a “no-fault” divorce state, meaning that neither party involved must place blame on the other. The grounds for divorce are incompatibility and a voluntary separation. Divorces based on fault can still take place, but the problem is that grounds for fault – such as intoxication, physical abuse, mental abuse, insanity, or drug abuse […]

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How is marital property divided in Delaware?

When contemplating or carrying out a filing for divorce, people want to know how Delaware deals with division of marital property. Delaware law is based on an “equitable division of property”, which may NOT be 50/50. Based on an examination of age, health, income, property, and expectation of future income, property is divided. It could […]

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