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traditionally spousal support
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was need ability to pay length of
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marriage
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and lifestyle now we have 13 factors
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that have to be considered when
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addressing spousal support but there was
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a big shift last year when we lost the
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tax deductibility to it
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so these days spousal support really has
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less importance than it used to what we
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use
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in high net worth case for example is a
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division of property
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and frequently more often than not that
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involves some sort of installment
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arrangement for the pay
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paying the other spouse what their share
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of the marital estate is
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in that case you have less need
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for a cash flow and less reliance on
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spousal support
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but regardless spousal support is alive
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and well in michigan
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and it has to be addressed i make it a
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practice of putting it last
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it’s the last thing that we address
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before we close the case