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Weems Schimpf Gilsoul Haines
Landry & Carmouche, APLC
912 Kings Highway
Shreveport LA 71104

Phone:   318-222-2100
Fax:       318-226-5100
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Spousal Support

Shreveport Alimony Attorneys

Louisiana's spousal support law provides for two types of spousal support or alimony:

  • Interim periodic spousal support, which is support a spouse can get while the divorce is in process
  • Final period spousal support, which is support a spouse can receive after the divorce is final

Final period spousal support is available if:

  • You were free from fault in the cause leading to the dissolution of the marriage
  • You can't support yourself on your own income
  • The other party has the ability to pay alimony or spousal support

Final period spousal support is generally less than the amount a spouse can receive as interim periodic spousal support. The law limits alimony or spousal support to one third of the payer's net income, and it can change if the financial circumstances of either party change. Alimony terminates if the party receiving it remarries or lives with another person in the manner of being married (known as open concubinage).

Our Alimony Attorneys

Kenneth Haines is one of a limited number of attorneys who is board-certified in family law by the Louisiana state bar.

Carey Schimpf offers a quarter century of legal experience and is certified in family law mediation.

Free initial consultation: Contact a spousal support lawyer at Weems, Schimpf, Gilsoul, Haines, Landry & Carmouche (APLC).

Our lawyers handle civil and business law litigation and transactions for clients in northwest Louisiana, including Shreveport, Bossier City, Benton, Minden, Mansfield, Many, Coushatta, Ruston, Natchitoches, Monroe, Homer, Arcadia, Jonesboro, Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, DeSoto Parish, Sabine Parish, Red River Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Claiborne Parish, Bienville Parish, and Jackson Parish.