Family Support
Family support is a contribution to the subsistence costs of your ex-spouse or the care and education of your children.
Contributing to the payment of your children expenses is a legal obligation, unless you have no economic resources. The amount of the support depends, to a great extent, on the age of the children. Alimony depends on the needs of the spouse who cannot earn his or her own living or whose abilities to make a living are insufficient. The obligation to pay alimony to the spouse ends when the ex-spouse needing support re-marries, is registered as common-law marriage or cohabits with another person in a steady relation. Also, this obligation may expire under other events triggering a change in circumstances (for example, dismissal or reduction of income).
In case of divorce, you and your ex-spouse may mutually agree on the payment of support. The agreement will be formalised in a written contract (Divorce Settlement Agreement), where legal counsel is usually advisable. To start with, the parties request an objective calculation of support so that they can mutually agree on the basis of correct data and thus save additional effort, unnecessary cost and much time.
If you and your ex-spouse cannot or do not want to reach an agreement on alimony but either of you need economic support, a judge may be requested to regulate the scheme. The judge is entitled to establish child and spouse support as an additional order in divorce proceedings.
When parents cannot reach an agreement as regards support for under aged children, the judge establishes the amount that should be paid monthly for every child. Also, the judge may stipulate a certain amount for children of legal age (above 18), given the fact that the support obligation extends to 21.
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