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How are the amount and duration of spousal support calculated?
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines have two basic formulas that are used to calculate the amount of spousal support and the length of time it should be paid for: one when the spouses have children and one for when they do not. The formulas take into account a bunch of information, including:
#*the income of the payor, the person paying spousal support, and the income of the recipient, the person receiving spousal support;,#*the length of the spouses' relationship;,#*the age of each spouse;,#*how much child support is being paid;,#*how much is being spent on the children's special or extraordinary expenses; and,#*the age of each child and what grade they are at in school.
More information about spousal support is available in the [[Spousal Support]] chapter and the section on the [[The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines|Advisory Guidelines]].
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