Illinois "Tweaks" Spousal Maintenance Guidelines in 2018

Illinois had a major change in the method of setting spousal maintenance (alimony) in 2015. At that time, maintenance was changed from the court giving factors to set an amount and duration to a system that kept the factors but added specific mathematical calculations to set both the amount and length of a maintenance award based on income and length of marriage.

Now those guidelines will be slightly modified in 2018 forward. Section 750 ILCS 5/504 of the divorce  statute dealing with maintenance raises the ceiling for cases where the guidelines are to be applied. Before, guidelines did not apply if the parties combined income was under $250,000 - now that ceiling is $500,000. So if you and your spouse's combined gross incomes fall under $500,000, the statute may apply. 

Also, under the old guidelines expiring in 2018, the duration (or length) of maintenance would jump at each 5 year anniversary of being married. Now the calculation of the length of maintenance is gradual and even throughout the term of marriage with no jumps at each 5 year anniversary.

Below is a link to a calculator we developed to help determine what is the proper amount of guideline maintenance based on the parties combined incomes. We will post a modified calculator once we have it set up to calculate the length of maintenance under the new statute.

DO NOT RELY ONLY ON THE CALCULATOR - YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY FIRST!




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