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41 Hous. J. Int'l L. 525 (2018-2019)
An Overview of the Rules in the USA regarding the Award of Post-Divorce Spousal Support in 2019

handle is hein.journals/hujil41 and id is 559 raw text is: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RULES IN THE USA REGARDING THE AWARD OF POST- DIVORCE SPOUSAL SUPPORT IN 2019 J. Thomas Oldham* I.INTRODU CTION .......................................................................... 526 II.RULES FOR THE AWARD OF SPOUSAL SUPPORT IN THE USA.. 527 A . E ntitlem ent ................................................................. 527 1. M ajority R ule ......................................................... 527 2. M inority R ule ........................................................ 529 B. The Amount of Spousal Support ................................ 530 1. The M ajority View ................................................. 530 2. The M inority View ................................................ 531 C. The Duration of the Spousal Support Award ........... 531 1. M ajority V iew ........................................................ 531 2. M inority Rule .................................................. 533 3. The Effect of the Retirement of the Obligor ........ 534 D. The Ambiguous Standards Being Utilized to Award Spousal Support in the U.S. Today ............... 535 E. Spousal Support Guidelines in the U.S ..................... 536 1. Determining the Amount of the Award Under G uidelines .............................................................. 537 2. Determining the Award Duration Under G uidelin es .............................................................. 539 3. Determining Entitlement to Support Under the G uidelin es .............................................................. 540 III.C ON CLU SION .......................................................................... 541 * John Freeman Professor of Law, University of Houston. The author would like to thank Amanda Parker for administrative help and Robert Clark of the UH Law Library for research assistance in connection with the preparation of this article.

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