TMK Article 175: The other spouse pays alimony to the spouse who will fall into poverty due to divorce.
Conditions
- Danger of falling into poverty
- The requesting spouse is more faultless or equally at fault
- The other spouse is more at fault or equally at fault
Duration
- Indefinite (rule)
- Remarriage = automatic is lifted
- Living together (even if unofficial) = abolition case
- Change in economic status = reduction/removal case
Amount
- Income-expense situation of the other spouse
- Needs of the requesting spouse
- Generally proportional to the monthly income
Indefinite Alimony Discussion
- Especially for men who live for a long time difficulty in paying alimony
- Legal change discussions
- Supreme Court flexible application
Supreme Court 2. HD and HGK
HGK adopts that poverty alimony is for the purpose of "not falling into poverty", not to provide a luxurious life, and should be revised in case economic conditions change.
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