New Mexico Alimony Estimator

How New Mexico alimony works

For cases with no child support: 30% of Payor’s Gross Income minus 50% of Recipient’s Gross Income. For cases with child support: 28% of Payor’s Gross Income minus 58% of Recipient’s Gross Income. Gross income is defined as in the New Mexico Child Support Guidelines. Spousal support is calculated first, then incomes are adjusted for child support calculation. Key factors: Age and health of spouses, means of support, current and future earnings and earning capacity, good-faith efforts to maintain employment or become self-supporting, reasonable needs (including standard of living, medical insurance, life insurance), duration of marriage, amount of property awarded, type and nature of assets (excluding potential proceeds from property sale unless exceptional circumstances), type and nature of liabilities, income from property, agreements between spouses. Duration: No specific durational guideline is recommended. For marriages 0 to <5 years: Generally no alimony. For marriages 5 to <10 years: Generally only rehabilitative or transitional alimony, duration established by plan. For marriages >20 years: Court retains jurisdiction unless parties agree to lump-sum, nonmodifiable spousal support for a term certain. Other jurisdictions use 1/3 to 1/2 of marriage length as a guideline.