for alimony

are the spouses who don’t make as much

as the other spouse but it depends upon

a lot of circumstances the two factors

that determine our threshold factors

they are need and the ability to pay the

need of one party who wants the alimony

and the corresponding ability of the

other spouse

to pay alimony for example if the

parties have equal earnings histories

and equal earnings uh you’re not going

to see alimony if child support and the

needs of children

gobble up the resources of the marital

unit you want you’re not going to likely

see alimony in the in those situations

as well the two threshold factors have

to be present need and the ability to

pay