My spouse has stopped paying my spousal maintenance. What can I do?
You can file a Petition to EnforceA document that starts a case where the person filing is asking the court to make additional orders to force compliance with an already existing order.Read more about Petition to Enforce Spousal MaintenanceThese are payments made from one spouse to another when one spouse cannot financially meet their reasonable needs on their own. The law permits spousal maintenance (or alimony as it’s called in other states) for several reasons—to help maintain the lifestyle the parties enjoyed…Read more about Spousal Maintenance with the Court and ask the Court to enforce its order. The Court has options, including fines and, in cases where a spouse is quite behind in payments, they may set a Purge AmountWhen a person falls behind in child support, the other parent may request the Court order a purge amount. This is the amount a parent must pay in child support by a certain date. If child support is not paid by that date, the Court will order the parent to report in jail and to…Read more about Purge Amount—an amount your spouse must pay, and if they don’t pay it, a warrant will be issued for their arrest, and they will be in jail until they pay it.