1. Maintenance or alimony is the most important factor that comes into play during cases of a mutual or contested divorce. A wife can put a lot of pressure on the husband regarding alimony. During, the matters of alimony mostly the courts take the side of the wife. Sometimes this law is used unfairly to get a big amount from the husband even when the wife can perfectly survive on her own.
2. In the case of misuse of the law for alimony and maintenance, you can use a few strategies to avoid paying alimony or maintenance. In most cases, it is possible to reduce the amount for alimony or maintenance but not completely avoid it but there are certain situations where you can completely avoid paying alimony.
3. You can completely avoid paying alimony if the cause of divorce is adultery by the wife or if the wife has a regular source of income and is financially capable to sustain herself.
4. There are a lot of other ways you can use to lower the amount of alimony. The first important factor is your income. You need to disclose your income and expenses in the court and while disclosing your income and expenses if you prove that your income is low or you have no income and that is not enough to sustain your expense then the court will rule the judgment in your favor. If you have a low income and a lot of reasonable expenses like medical expenses to take care of then you can prove to the court, the reality of your situation and get a judgment in your favor.
5. Another situation is when the wife isn’t earning but can earn if you prove to the court that your wife is educationally qualified to get a job or if she was doing a job before the marriage and can get a job is she tries, then this argument can also help you rule the judgment in your favor as the court doesn’t expect the wife to sit in the house when she can get a job.
6. You can also explain to the court that your family is your responsibility and that their expenses depend on your income. If you two are not living together, then you can prove that both of you are not sharing the same house and till now your wife was capable of surviving on her own with no maintenance. These arguments can help you rule the judgment on your side.
7. If your wife approaches the court with a false case based on lies, then you can avoid alimony by proving such in the court.
8. Also in the case of remarriage of the wife, she will not be entitled to alimony but the children must continue to get maintenance.
9. One mistake that most people do is leave their job to avoid paying alimony. While you can avoid alimony if you prove you have no source of income, but if you leave your job, then the court will rule the judgment against you and this will also hurt your financial status.
10. It is not advisable to approach the court with dishonesty. You should always be honest with the court and prove your circumstances in the right way abiding by the law to get the judgment in your favor.
This article is written for educational purposes, this is not for any kind of advertisement of the writer.
This article is written for educational purposes, this is not for any kind of advertisement of the writer.