Nevada Alimony Awards

As a part of a Nevada divorce case, a Nevada court may award alimony to either the wife or the husband. Nevada law gives the judge discretion to decide how much alimony to award and even whether to award any alimony at all.

Although there are certain factors the judge must consider, there currently is no mandatory formula for the judge to use in calculating alimony. As a result Nevada alimony awards are decided on a case-by-case basis and are never guaranteed.

In Nevada there are four types of alimony, also sometimes called spousal support or spousal maintenance. A Nevada alimony award can be temporary or permanent, can be made in a lump-sum or in installment payments, and can be of a definite or indefinite duration. 

1. One form of "temporary" alimony is an award in temporary orders of the Court, which is made after the divorce case has begun but before the entry of a final decree of divorce.
   
2. Another form of "temporary" alimony is an award in a final divorce decree that is to be paid for a definite length of time – a certain number of months or years – after which the alimony payments stop.
3. "Permanent" alimony is an award in a final divorce decree that is to be paid for an indefinite length of time, until one of the divorced parties dies, or until the entry of a later order of the Court modifying the award.
   
4. Nevada law also empowers a judge to make an award of "rehabilitative" alimony for the specific purpose of obtaining training/education related to a divorced party's job/career/profession. This type of alimony, typically included in a final decree of divorce, will usually be limited to the amount of time needed to accomplish the divorced party's career rehabilitation.