Kansas Alimony Estimator

How Kansas alimony works

Purely discretionary — no formula. Courts have broad discretion. The Johnson County District Court uses a local formula for maintenance calculations, but it is not binding statewide. Key factors: Duration of the marriage, standard of living during the marriage, age of parties, physical and emotional conditions of parties, financial resources of parties, contributions of each party to the marriage, time needed to obtain training for employment, ability of payor spouse to meet needs and pay support, earning capacity, health of both spouses, division of property, tax implications, agreements between parties Duration: Cannot be awarded for longer than 121 months (approximately 10 years) by court order, unless parties agree to a longer term in a property settlement agreement. For marriages lasting less than five years, alimony may be awarded for the length of the marriage divided by 2.5.