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Alimony for Same Sex Couples

Mon, 2011-01-10 01:00 — Michele

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Michele Sacks Lowenstein and Elizabeth Brown, attorneys, provide information on the differences between the rules for alimony from the dissolution of a registered domestic partnership and those for a divorce. The same alimony rules apply to dissolutions as they do to divorce. The difference lies in the tax treatment. Alimony from the dissolution of a domestic partnership is not taxable to the person receiving it or to the person paying it, whereas spousal support garnered from a divorce is.

For information on how same sex couples can use a prenuptial agreement to plan for tax discrepancies, please see our video "Prenups for Partners," or, for a more detailed fact sheet, see our article "Prenuptial Agreements and Their Equivalents for Registered Domestic Partnerships."

Michele Lowenstein is a monthly columnist for the Gay San Diego, visit this link to see her latest articles.

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